Anthropological research may help assess global issues such as population growth, environmental destruction, and technological change by providing a more cautious and analytical approach. This is because anthropology:

A) uses the holistic approach, and it has always been concerned with precisely those aspects of human interaction with the environment that are becoming widely recognized by scientists studying global changes in the environment

B) has been almost impulsive when studying cultural change and innovation, thus causing anthropologists to be very liberal and impetuous in their recom¬mendations concerning changes in the relationship between human cultures and the physical environment

C) relies upon the concept of ethical relativism, and it can make major value judgments that other disciplines are incapable of handling or making.