Death in War performs a validation function
Richard A. Koenigsberg/Andrew Hammer/Howard Stein/
Mei Ha Chan/Arjesh
FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL PATHOLOGY

Human violence has nothing to do with "biological aggression.” It is performed in the name of abstract ideas or  ideals.

Human violence separates us from other animals, who kill for practical (biological) reasons (in the name of survival, obtaining food, etc.).

We prove that we are human (a different kind of animal) by dying and killing for abstraction ideas. Dying in battle turns nothing into something.