ABSTRACT
Destruction would be planned in order to make room for needed change. Aggression would then be directed toward construction: daring schemes for feeding billions, bold plans for lessening suffering and bringing plenty; adventurous exploration and development of creative arts. This chapter aims to emphasize that much of human destructiveness is not a function of directly willful hate, conscious or even unconscious, but rather the result of a complex system of forces that grow out of fearfulness and uncertainty about the basic dilemma of one's being. In addition to the random and unpredictable threats of annihilation that are rooted in the unknowns of nature, there are hazards in human relationships themselves. Life enjoys life; warmth is nourished by the warmth of another; something tense and hurried and angry lets go in us when we are touched by human warmth. The ultimate reality of ending other human beings' lives is rarely allowed to register in a real way.
