There is increasing recognition of the need to take into account the cultural environment and belief systems of psychotherapy patients because these values reflect basic assumptions about man's nature and the cognitive references used to cope with psychological difficulties. Currently accepted psychotherapeutic approaches take no account of the belief in life after death held by most of the wor...

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This paper explores the question of our responsibility to future generations in the light of our capacity to radically damage their quality of life, if not prevent their very existence. It introduces the concept of active future timescape as part of a strategy to expand our capacity to think about, empathise with, and take active consideration toward future generations. The notion that we have ...