I agree, with this and see that objection as stupid consequentialism. Policy that actually improves wellbeing[1] can probably only be developed by accepting and working with the facts as best we know them.

1. For the target groups, not for a subset of the elite that creates a cottage industry of wringing its hands over inequities and therefore seeks to perpetuate them. Ivy league policy wonks are best deprived of income and a voice, in the hope that they will do something socially useful instead.