Problem: In national healthcare systems, great weight is put on the possibilities of big data for generating economic growth, enhancing medical research, and boosting health and wellbeing in new ways. This usage is justified by the moral principle of improving health. The imperative of health thus legitimizes data collection, new infrastructures, and innovation policy. It is also supported by the rhetoric of health promotion. New arrangements in health research and innovations in the health sector are justified, as they produce health, while the moral principle of health also obligates individual persons to pursue healthy lifestyles and become healthy citizens.
With data-driven medicine, comment on the impacts of privacy and autonomy when contrasted with the moral principle of health.
Suggest a plausible ethical vulnerability when using data-driven medicine
In response to your peers, provide a potential remedy for the vulnerability they discussed.