in terms of a definition of good based on the enhancement of the quality of life for individuals. In the 1960s, though, the word "ethic" had an ancient ring to it, so instead of focusing on what ought to happen, theorists concentrated instead on what actually did happen. This is what Ardrey, Lorenz, and Morris did, and they set forth certain ideas about the rightful place of the human being in the scheme of things and tried to show how society had inhibited certain natural tendencies through the ages (Renolds 3-4).
Their studies related to the issue of human aggression and showed how man had originally been a predator in the wild. Scientists have tended to focus on aggression as a behavioral process, but many of the most popular notions about aggression are fundamentally myths without any scientific foundation. More recent theories, including those of Ardrey and Lorenz, have been mixtures of science and social philosophy, and these theorists rely heavily on extrapolations from animals: "These writers popularized the view that aggression is a kind of inherited 'instinct' found in man as well as in other
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