Ethical limits to confirming identity by morphological features

Abstract Technological advancements have generated tools to help with identifying individuals, allowing verify identities and solve crimes by confirming found missing persons or accident victims, for example. An important ethical question, however, arises: do the ends always justify means? Can facial identification from images collected closed-circuit television cameras analysis of photographic records confirm someone’s identity unequivocally? fingerprints lip prints be used any dactyloscopy? Knowing limitations scientific technical methods in morphological comparisons allows examiners comply two fundamental constitutional principles: that legality right human person. By respecting them, will acting according limits.