Accountability: in search of the holistic grail
Claire Spencer
In the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the English 'k-nnnniggets' – as they are dubbed by the French – are tasked by God to go on a 'quest to seek the holy grail'. Led by King Arthur, they attack the French castle holding the holy grail, but are rebuffed.
The quest for the 'Holistic Grail' may prove no less elusive.
If holistic means 'characterised by the view that a whole system of beliefs must be analysed rather than simply its individual components' (1), then a different approach...