title: [Violence: its forms and justifications].
abstract: This paper addresses the conceptual difference there is between violence and aggression. The former is defined as a manifestation of extemporaneous or inappropriate power or force. The latter is defined as an agonist behavior aimed at causing harm. There can be non-aggressive violence, and non-violent aggression as well. Categorization and discrimination are the processes underlying violent aggression. Unanimous aggression, however, preserves social order: Indeed--according to the social group at stake--justifications for violence are order, justice, and fear. A short discussion on contemporary situation closes the paper.
authors.affiliation: Dpto. de Psquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lolas Stepke
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D006801:Humans; D014754:Violence
vernacular_title: Sobre la violencia: formas y justificaciones.