"Nature, Purity, Ontology"
Piers H.G. Stephens argues that several objections to preservationism may be answered by recasting the relationship between man and nature into a tripartite spectrum of ontological form between nature and artifact.
psychology
"Ethical Motives and Charitable Contributions in Contingent Valuation: Empirical Evidence from Social Psychology and Economics"
Clive L. Spash presents a critical review of some recent research by social psychologists in the US attempting to explain stated behaviour in contingent valuation.
"The WTP/WTA Discrepancy: A Preliminary Qualitative Examination"
Anthony C., Burton, Susan M. Chilton, and Martin K. Jones explores the psychological foundations of the “Willingness to Pay/Willingness to Accept” discrepancy.
"The Development of Environmental Thinking in Economics"
Clive L. Spash traces the thinking of a sub-group of established economists trying to convey an environmental critique of the mainstream into the late 20th century, via the development of associations and journals in the USA and Europe.
"Humans Valuing Nature: Synthesising Insights from Philosophy, Psychology and Economics"
Michael Lockwood synthesizes insights from philosophy, psychology, and economics towards an understanding of how humans value nature.
"Involuntary Simplicity: Changing Dysfunctional Habits of Consumption"
Guy Claxton discusses the role of self-transformation methodologies, associated with spiritual traditions such as Buddhism, towards changing dysfunctional habits of consumption.
Neurohistorical and Evolutionary Aspects of a History of Shame and Shaming
Bodily adaptations have been integrated into human culture in a co-evolutionary process, such as the social and regulating function of the moral emotion shame. The ability to feel shame and physiological markers of it, such as blushing, are hardwired, but they are used in many different and sometimes even contradicting ways in specific cultures.
Psychotropy and the Patterns of Power in Human History
Human cultures have exploited bottlenecks in commodities or resources in order to gain power and control. This essay looks at two examples of psychotropic mechanisms being used in this way
Placebo Effects in History
The article considers the example of dummy tanks used to deceive the enemy during WWII, the false expectations of the Allied forces that led them to believe that Franco’s fascist regime would fall long before it did, and the therapeutic promises offered by messianic leaders of totalitarian regimes.
"'Resolving Environmental Disputes: Litigation, Mediation, and the Courting of Ethical Community"
Peter H. Kahn Jr. makes a case that both litigation and mediation need to be embedded within a more ethically comprehensive context, one of “courting ethical community.”