Policy-caused deaths must count as evidence against the policy

Evidence

I don’t wish to argue here about whether or not specific cases of suicide were caused by the new legislation. But I do want to contest the bizarre idea that, in principle, suicides could not be adduced as evidence against the changes in the welfare system. If people dying as a consequence of the implementation of measures cannot count as evidence that the legislation has detrimental effects, what would? — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1599

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Sacrificial death legitimates a cause only if that cause is worth endorsing — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1397; Proportionality calculations in war merely legitimate deaths rather than measure them — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 1130; Officials misattributed a policy-caused problem to population decline — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2636

Broader Connections

• Proportionality calculations in war merely legitimate deaths rather than measure them #corroborates (0.80) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 1130
• Sacrificial death legitimates a cause only if that cause is worth endorsing #expands (0.75) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1397
• Officials misattributed a policy-caused problem to population decline #exemplifies (0.72) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2636