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...psychological need: to go about life as though death is a long way off. Get carving! Why not try your own activity now? Carve your own pumpkin! Consider your choices, as you do so, what your decisions mean – and think in terms of symbolism. Will you choose a large or small pumpkin? If it’s going to have a face, what kind of face will it have, and why? Where are you...

...psychological casualties have been treated in more recent conflicts, right up to the present day by exploring the connection between shell shock and our modern understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder. To conclude the week, you’ll get a chance to test your understanding of what you have learned with the end-of-course test and discover how you can learn more about...

...forensic evidence and uncovered historical narratives are crucial contributions towards a more reliable account of history (Eveleth, 2014; Simmons, 2017). This deconstruction of the historical narratives is a consequence of evidence-based interpretations that gave insight into past societies that are closer to the truth. These figures and the artworks are examples of how...

...psychological capacities, to simply the capacity to suffer or to participate in relationships that could fundamentally transform behaviour. Other suggestions include having the genetic basis for moral agency (would human genes in a human/pig chimera count?) or the fact that one might have been or might become a person. It is unclear how well any of these proposals would...