Killing other humans specifically. …berkeley.edu/…/hope_on_the_battlefield
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LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 year agoWhy would killing be unnatural to humans. Even in the nomadic lifestyles we hunted for food.
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Pat12@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There are multiple studies showing that humans are hesitant to kill another human.
academic.oup.com/book/12748/…/162864298?redirecte…
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society is a book by Dave Grossman exploring the psychology of the act of killing and the military and law enforcement establishments attempt to understand and deal with the consequences of killing. The book is based on S.L.A. Marshall’s theory that the majority of soldiers in war do not ever fire their weapons due to an innate resistance to killing