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A society may be said to be secure when its members are protected from each other and free when their natural desires are not inhibited. An Utopia may be defined as a society which is both secure and free. Most societies are neither secure nor free; for the inhibitions which are intended to protect them are a cause of discontent.
Many have attempted to construct utopias. Theologians, politicians, lawyers and economists have made proposals. But their efforts have not been rewarded with success. A psychologist may perhaps be permitted to try his hand, even though he has been warned by the greatest master of his science that the problem is insoluble.2
The offensive weapons of the males of many species appear to have been first evolved as an aid to the sexual instinct before they were adapted for the pursuit of game or for self-defence. (They were, perhaps, used to master the resistance of the female even before they were adapted for sexual combats.3) We may suppose that instincts fall into the same order of precedence and importance as the structures which they use. Thus, aggression in the mastery and defence of a mate is probably the most fundamental kind of aggressiveness there is. Indeed, this view is confirmed by the intimate association which still