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.
A rational, non-trivial reading of evidence-based ethics is characterized by a well-justified, context-specific differentiation between empirical information per se and the more qualitatively valuable evidence that has greater weight in the legitimation of action.
One plausible reading of the evidence would be to say that although economic growth is key to development, it's not the business of aid.
In a confidential memorandum to President Clinton last year, Donna E. Shalala, the secretary of health and human services, offered a reading of the evidence more cautious than his.
"My reading of the evidence so far," he says, "is that there will be less job creating and ever-greater labour saving.
But to suggest that the most likely outcome is only marginal cost savings, or even cost increases, requires a selective reading of the evidence.
But I think it's sophomoric to conclude, as a narrow reading of this evidence might, that Iowa does not matter at all for Republicans.
In the meantime, life-and-death decisions are too often made based not on the best reading of the evidence, but on the best profit margin.
Peter Hajek, of Queen Mary University, London, one of the independent authors of the review, said: "My reading of the evidence is that smokers who switch to vaping remove almost all the risks smoking poses to their health.
Such incidents could be connected to premeditation in the case, Redwood said: "There are elements of this case which on one reading of the evidence could suggest that there was an element of pre-planning or reconnaissance".
"My reading of the evidence suggests that the role the conventional wisdom has attributed to oil price increases in the stagflation of the 1970's has been overstated," Mr. Bernanke said.
