ARE HUMAN BEINGS INHERENTLY AGGRESSIVE? UNDERSTANDING HUMAN AGGRESSION WITH VARIOUS THEORIES

This study conducts a discussion around the question of whether human aggression is innate or shaped by environmental factors. The aim of the study is to examine the causes of aggression in terms of biological (evolutionary) and socio-psychological dimensions and to reveal the multidimensional nature of aggression in line with the explanations provided by these two disciplines. The literature review method was based on the theories of important theorists such as Konrad Lorenz, Richard Dawkins, and Albert Bandura. The results show that aggression is not dependent on a single cause, and that biological tendencies emerge in interaction with social and environmental factors. The most important contribution of this study will be to present a more holistic perspective on the causes of violence, conflict, and war on both individual and societal levels of human aggression in this article that takes an interdisciplinary approach.