Why Do We Kill? Anger, Hatred, Aggression and So-Called Evil

Edited by Elizabeth Buta. ? A girl in a short skirt walks down the street, and she is raped. ? A teenager with blue hair walks along the boulevard, and he is brutally murdered. ? A mutilated child's body is... found on the railway tracks, and it turns out that he was killed by a group of eight teenagers. Are the criminals who committed this insane? Normal people don't kill? Do you really think so? According to statistics, 80 to 95 percent of all murders are committed due to an outburst of anger, uncontrolled and unmotivated aggression. No malicious intent, no maniacs or complex schemes for enrichment. Just aggression. Konrad Lorenz, an outstanding zoologist and zoo psychologist, philosopher and psychologist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, in his best work dedicated to the nature of aggression, explains how its mechanisms work from biological, philosophical, and social perspectives. Leonard Berkowitz, a psychologist and leading expert in the study of crimes driven by aggression, talks about how anger, hatred, and the urge to destroy affect our lives. After reading this book, you will understand why aggression is needed, how to cope with it, and where blind adherence to instincts can lead.