However, the mere fact that states which have the power to inflict the most damage today are the same ones which use greatest caution during war should not, I suggest, inhibit those states from threatening or using force in efforts to limit or terminate wars. Quite the contrary. I prefer to think that this perceived duty is the main reason that the United States of America has been militarily engaged around the world in recent years. Section Two R ichard Wrangham, a professor of biological anthropology at Harvard University, has devoted many years of study and written a great deal on the origins of violence. Wrangham documents what appears to be a clear biological basis for male aggression in humans.
Males engage in war significantly more often than do females.
And so on. This is food for thought. Various recent studies compel me to reiterate this suggestion. S erotonin is a complex amine which is found in the body and which can be produced synthetically. M y colleague Michael Ofsowitz, of the University of Maryland, European Division, has graciously shared with me a summary of some recent research about serotonin.