non-violence principle
Harm-free ethical stance
The non-violence principle is the ethical commitment to avoiding physical force or harm, especially as a strategy for social or political change.
Associated with figures like Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., it rejects violence even in pursuit of just causes, holding that peaceful resistance carries greater moral authority: The movement was built on the non-violence principle.
- Salt MarchIndian independence protest
- peaceful protestNonviolent collective expression of dissent
- pacifismAntiwar moral stance
- JainismIndian religion emphasizing nonviolence
- lunch counter sit-insNonviolent protests against segregated eateries
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Harmful physical force
aggression · militarism · belligerence · warmongering · bellicosity
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Violent political conflict
guerrilla warfare · insurrection · armed resistance · warfare · terrorism
non-violence principleretaliation
Punitive response to injury
vengeance · revenge · retribution · an eye for an eye · preemptive strike
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