Greed and ambition are turning us to go to any length to get what we want. Short cuts are taken in the form of physical abuse in this regard. This is making us to be like beasts in the wild life.
If we sit quiet and think what is that we want, whether really we should have those and whether possession of the same will bring happiness forever, and if we compare with those already we possessed by similar desire, we find we are not having happiness and peace of mind.
Whatever we already possessed by various means would have brought only momentary or short living pleasures.
For these temporary gratifications, we go to any extent, if we are not in proper frame of mind. As the media reports we see, many killings are happening, to steal or to settle some issue.
All these to satisfy this body. But, do we really know what is our body and what is that inside. If we know, probably, violence may come down, because our beautiful body on outward appearance is actually containing parts which we may not like to see, if our skin is not present.
Imagine the world, where we don't have skin and have to live without skin. In such an imaginary condition, if it is real, whether we really try to behave the way what we are doing now. It is my belief that our mental state will become balanced and try to live without harming others. What we have to struggle is to satisfy our hunger and minimal needs.
Mahatma Gandhi said that this world is having enough to satisfy our needs but not the GREED.
If, one sees medical education videos available in youtube, like, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTbhWxEu27I, and similar ones, our thought process will change and definitely, it will be for a better world than what is today.