ABSTRACT
Aggression is connected to a positivist framework in the article, with the implication that an education which aims to minimize human aggression would be counterproductive to objectives of mastering and controlling the physical world. In Australia the present promotion policies of so many of the State Education Departments, whereby one is almost invariably promoted away from one's current place of employment, provide a case in point. Aggression represents another human characteristic which is almost equally subject to controversy between the supporters of the primacy genetic and others of the cultural-environmental persuasion. The study of aggression in man has unfortunately been clouded by a number of issues, many of which are still far from being settled. Finally, it is claimed that one of the most important functions which the present structure of competition is fulfilling is to enable the educational system to serve as a sorting and selecting agency for society's occupational structure.
