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A holistic approach to rights; affirmative action, reproductive rights, censorship, and future generations.


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A holistic approach holistic approach A term used in alternative health for a philosophical approach to health care, in which the entire Pt is evaluated and treated. See Alternative medicine, Holistic medicine.  to rights; affirmative action affirmative action, in the United States, programs to overcome the effects of past societal discrimination by allocating jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. , reproductive rights Reproductive rights or procreative liberty is what supporters view as human rights in areas of sexual reproduction. Advocates of reproductive rights support the right to control one's reproductive functions, such as the rights to reproduce (such as opposition to forced , censorship, and future generations.

Schlossberger, Eugene.

Univ. Press of America

2008

353 pages

$39.95

Paperback

HM216

Having written previously about the ethics of business and engineering, Schlossberger here argues that ethics is not an exact science such as Kant and Newtonian would appreciate, but is nuanced, complex, and messy mess·y  
adj. mess·i·er, mess·i·est
1. Disorderly and dirty: a messy bedroom.

2. Exhibiting or demonstrating carelessness: messy reasoning.
, as Aristotle admitted. He suggests constructing a broad ethical landscape that will enhance social, political, and legal discourse, then finding solutions to specific problems within it.

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