Anticipatory gaps challenge the public governance of heritable human genome editing.

Considering public moral attitudes is a hallmark of the anticipatory governance of emerging biotechnologies, such as heritable human genome editing. However, such anticipatory governance often overlooks that future morality is open to change and that future generations may perform different moral assessments on the very biotechnologies we are trying to govern in the present. In this article, we identify an 'anticipatory gap' that has not been sufficiently addressed in the discussion on the public governance of heritable genome editing, namely, uncertainty about the moral visions of future generations about the emerging applications that we are currently attempting to govern now. This paper motivates the relevance of this anticipatory gap, identifying the challenges it generates and offering various recommendations so that moral uncertainty does not lead to governance paralysis with regard to human germline genome editing.

[Scope and limits of the technologization of care: lessons from a pandemic.] / Alcance y límites de la tecnologización del cuidado: aprendizajes de una pandemia.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, technology has been used to carry out numerous activities. These uses have often been poorly planned, as the urgency of the situation did not allow for careful considerations. Technology has helped us to maintain many aspects of life that the pandemic had done difficult; however, it has also brought some new problems, especially when it comes to situations of vulnerability and care settings. In this article we analyse the nature and use of technology in assistive and care settings during the pandemic, its basis, its scope, and its limitations. To do so, we study the specific case of the use of digital video-calling platforms during the forced isolations caused by the pandemic.

Durante la pandemia de la COVID-19 se ha hecho uso de la tecnología para llevar a cabo numerosas actividades. Estos usos han sido a menudo poco meditados, puesto que la urgencia de la situación no permitía una reflexión sostenida al respecto. La tecnología nos ha ayudado a mantener muchos aspectos de la vida que la pandemia había dificultado; sin embargo, también ha supuesto algunos nuevos problemas, especialmente cuando hablamos de situaciones de vulnerabilidad y entornos de cuidado. En este artículo evaluamos el carácter y uso de la tecnología en entornos asistenciales y de cuidados durante la pandemia, sus presupuestos, su alcance y sus limitaciones. Para ello analizamos el caso concreto del uso de plataformas digitales de videollamadas durante los aislamientos forzosos provocados por la pandemia.

Alcance y límites de la tecnologización del cuidado: aprendizajes de una pandemia / Scope and limits of the technologization of care: lessons from a pandemic

Durante la pandemia de la COVID-19 se ha hecho uso de la tecnología para llevar a cabo numerosas actividades. Estos usos han sido a menudo poco meditados, puesto que la urgencia de la situación no permitía una reflexión sostenida al respecto. La tecnología nos ha ayudado a mantener muchos aspectos de la vida que la pandemia había dificultado; sin embargo, también ha supuesto algunos nuevos problemas, especialmente cuando hablamos de situaciones de vulnerabilidad y entornos de cuidado. En este artículo evaluamos el carácter y uso de la tecnología en entornos asistenciales y de cuidados durante la pandemia, sus presupuestos, su alcance y sus limitaciones. Para ello analizamos el caso concreto del uso de plataformas digitales de videollamadas durante los aislamientos forzosos provocados por la pandemia.(AU)

During the COVID-19 pandemic, technology has been used to carry out numerous activities. These uses have often been poorly planned, as the urgency of the situation did not allow for careful considerations. Technology has helped us to maintain many aspects of life that the pandemic had done difficult; however, it has also brought some new problems, especially when it comes to situations of vulnerability and care settings. In this article we analyse the nature and use of technology in assistive and care settings during the pandemic, its basis, its scope, and its limitations. To do so, we study the specific case of the use of digital video-calling platforms during the forced isolations caused by the pandemic.(AU)