This idea arose out of one of my business lectures at university some years ago in which Peters and Waterman’s famed bestseller, In Search of Excellence (1982), was under discussion. As it happened, I was concurrently reading Jan Smuts’ scientific and philosophic treatise, Holism and Evolution (1926) and was struck by the conceptual parallels between the ‘rational mode’ of business which Peters...

For nearly two decades, J. Baird Callicott has been writing and teaching at the frontier of ethical theory. Perhaps more than almost anyone else, Callicott has been working to extend this frontier in ways that correct the anthropocentric bias of many moral thinkers. Not merely a philosopher who writes about environmental issues, Callicott has been creating a new environmental ethics, one ground...

The purpose of this study was to examine acceptance of change of the healthcare paradigm from reductionism to holism among consumers of healthcare, physicians, and registered nurses. Inaccuracy in perception of acceptance of the holistic paradigm can limit conversation about and use of complementary therapies. Study results did not show a significant difference in acceptance of change between t...