On Aggression

On Aggression is a book by ethologist Konrad Lorenz on instinctual aggression within animals and humans.

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Book - Ethologist - Konrad Lorenz - Aggression - Animal - Human

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Animals, especially males, are, according to the Lorenz, biologically programmed to fight over resources. And these behaviors must be considered by nature's requirements i.e. natural selection. For example an aggression leading to death or serious injury will eventually become extinct unless it evolves a form of natural negulation. In the book, Lorenz has also negated belief of agression as "contrary" to "positive" instincts like love, but rather depicted its understanding as a base for other instincts and its role in animal communication. The book, for large part, also deals with agressive behavior in humans, its origins and means to prevent it.

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Male - Resource - Natural selection - Death - Injury - Love

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