This is http://www.essayz.com/a9605111.htm Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay Click HERE on this line to find essays via Your-Key-Words. {Most frequent wordstarts of each essay will be put here.} ========================================================== %UNILATERAL UNBALANCED INTERVENTION COERCE VIOLENT 960511 How are we to recognize, respect, honor and support integrative unilateral interventions? Not casually! It is not easy to recognize integrative unilateral interventions. Ideals and values pertaining to such interventions are bound to be confusing and loaded with conflicts which are hard to sort out and resolve. The following questions and observations may be helpful in recognizing such interventions and others which do not merit respect, honor and support. 1. Is there unbalanced profit to the intervener(s)? 2. Who pays because of the intervention(s)? 3. Who benefits because of the intervention(s)? 4. Are the intervener(s) weak or powerful? 5. Are the intervener(s) fearful people or not? 6. Are the interventions done secretly or openly? 7. Are key ideals and values well articulated? 8. Have less drastic measures been tried & failed? 9. Have less drastic measures been fully considered? 10. Is the intervention open and honest? 11. Are there real attempts to minimize coercion? 12. Are there real attempts to resolve conflicts? (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================