title: When Lack of Evidence Is Evidence of Lack.
abstract: In their recent article "A Gentle Ethical Defence of Homeopathy," Levy, Gadd, Kerridge, and Komesaroff use the claim that "lack of evidence is not equivalent to evidence of lack" as a component of their ethical defence of homeopathy. In response, this article argues that they cannot use this claim to shore up their ethical arguments. This is because it is false.
authors.affiliation: Bioethics Centre Te Pakapū Matatika Koiora, Division of Health Sciences, 1st Floor, 71 Frederick Street, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand. neil.pickering@otago.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pickering
mesh_terms: D006705:Homeopathy; D006801:Humans
keywords: Absence of evidence; Evidence of absence; Homeopathy; Vulcan (hypothetical planet)