victimless
Without injured parties
Victimless describes actions or crimes that harm no identifiable person other than, perhaps, the participants themselves.
Drug use, gambling, and prostitution are often called victimless crimes: Advocates argue that marijuana possession is a victimless offense.
The term is contested—critics argue that such activities create indirect victims or social harm.
Ending criminal status
- legalizationMaking something lawful
- prostitutionCommercial sexual services
- gamblingBetting on uncertain results
- consensualInvolving mutual permission
adults · libertarian · autonomy · privacy · nonviolent · regulation · black-market · underground
Not harmful or threatening
- innocuousCausing no harm
- safeFree from peril
- noninjuriousNot causing harm
- unthreateningNot likely to harm
inoffensive · nonviolent · undamaging · peaceful · gentle · nondestructive · mild · nonthreatening
Right and wrong principles
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- consequenceResult of an action
responsibility · rights · liberty · freedom · justice · fairness · dilemma · principle
decriminalization
Ending criminal status
- legalizationMaking something lawful
- prostitutionCommercial sexual services
- gamblingBetting on uncertain results
consensual · adults · libertarian · autonomy · privacy · nonviolent · regulation · black-market · underground · civil-liberties
benign
Not harmful or threatening
- innocuousCausing no harm
- safeFree from peril
- noninjuriousNot causing harm
unthreatening · inoffensive · nonviolent · undamaging · peaceful · gentle · nondestructive · mild · nonthreatening · unoffensive
morality
Right and wrong principles
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
consequence · responsibility · rights · liberty · freedom · justice · fairness · dilemma · principle · paternalism
victimlessharmful
Causing damage or injury
injurious · damaging · violent · destructive · hurtful
victimlesspredatory
Exploiting the vulnerable
exploitative · victimizing · parasitic · abusive · targeting
- victimless crimeUnlawful act, no complainant
victim, victimize, victimized, victimization, victimizing, victimizes, victimhood, victimology, victimiser