AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Why We Fight
The Art of Manliness
The Psychology of War: Motivations Beyond Ideals
This chapter explores the underlying psychological motivations for nations engaging in warfare, revealing that desires for status and group belonging often overshadow stated ideals like freedom and democracy. It introduces the justification hypothesis, explaining how subconscious impulses drive actions that are later rationalized through conscious reasoning.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode