By asking "why" and "why not," you can unravel the interests behind the positions and can develop a common incentive for resolution.
Here, we propose six criteria for the critical appraisal of work published in the field of health services research: the research question, the validity of the study design, the indicators used, the data source, the audience being addressed and the interests behind a study should all be considered when discussing health services research studies.
Whereas many epistemologists have noted that our epistemic goals are best characterized not as the generation of truths per se, but rather as the generation of significant truths (Kitcher 1993), feminists working from a situated approach recognize that "what is significant?" can only be answered with reference to the questions asked and the interests behind those questions (Anderson 1995b).
The public has a right to know the interests behind campaign spending.
The interests behind the initiative become more positive as banks, large and small, begin to recognize that there is opportunity to be had here.
It appears that the interests behind the looming environmental disaster known as the Keystone XL pipeline are confident that they will be victorious in their continuing quest to have this pipeline built.
But as the next phase of the 2015 legislative session is set to begin, and Governor Cuomo continues to lead New York towards an agenda crafted and funded by anti-union hedge fund tycoons, the political debate has glossed over the connection between this multi-billion dollar surplus and the interests behind the right-wing education push.
A judge should first "identify the interests behind two competing rights eg the value of religious liberty as a source of private and public virtue as well as being an aspect of free conscience as against the value of having public order and a stable environment.
A patient or family request for 'everything' is a position - you need to find the interests behind that position.
However, in practice we should critically analyze how the data is created, by whom, and what are the interests behind this information market.
