Having presented a rational and non-trivial reading of evidence-based ethics as a theoretical conception, this paper is now particularly concerned to identify the limits of evidence-based ethics in practice and the risks that go along with it.
In a final step these practical problems will be mapped onto the particularities of applied ethics (such as the concept of evidence in interview or other socio-empirical research) in order to clarify the challenges and limits of evidence-based ethics.
What must be kept in mind, however, is the limit of evidence-based medicine: what is good for a group, as a whole, is not equally good for each and every member of the group.
During group discussions, students engaged in marshalling the appropriate evidence, argued about the strength and limits of their evidence and refined their reasoning so as to make credible knowledge claims among their peers.
It is a tricky business and she takes her speculations to the limits of the evidence.
The limits of fingerprint evidence have been much in the news.
Handing down the verdict in the book's title, and extrapolating beyond the limits of the evidence, is simply unscientific.
The argument over universal lipid screening in children is by its nature also a discussion of the ethics of screening tests, the limits of scientific evidence and even the theoretical morality of treating lifestyle issues with pills.
The limits of rational evidence are clear; the participant knows smoking harms her unborn child and agrees that smoking while pregnant is not 'right'; however, without clear visual evidence, she finds it hard to appreciate the risk she is creating.
