Nonkilling refers to the absence of killing, threats to kill, and conditions conducive to killing in human society. Governments and policy-makers need to shift from the still prevailing lethality-accepting political traditions toward a new nonkilling approach. In 2007 the 8th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates issued the "Charter for a World without Violence," "call[ing] upon all to work together towards a just, killing-free world in which everyone has the right not to be killed and responsibility not to kill others." The grounds for this approach have been layed out in "Nonkilling Global Political Science", by Professor Glenn D. Paige (available at http://nonkilling.org/node/18) and application is already a reality.
Nonkilling
Why Is This Idea Important?: Imagine a world in which people understand they do not have a right to take the life of another human being. Imagine a world where a culture of peace is more dominant than a culture of war. Imagine a world which treats the tendency of the small percentage of people willing to kill as a disease that can be cured. Imagine a world in which political or economic rationales for killing are simply not accepted by global society. Imagine a world in which killing fueled by religious extremism is replaced by a more universal understanding of the reverence for life found in every faith. Imagine a world in which generations of animosity among different families, clans, tribes and states is replaced with a willingness to forgive and find a common bond of friendship rather than destruction. Imagine a world in which humans no longer kill each other. Is a nonkilling world possible? Amidst continued killing following the violent 20th century, the Nonkilling approach arises out of new understanding that a killing-free world is possible. It is possible for humans to stop killing each other from homicide to genocide, terrorism and mass murder in war. A killing-free world is a measurable goal. The methods and means of realization are open to infinite human creativity.
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Submitted by jevans 2 years ago
Comments (5)
So what do we do with those that don't follow the "rule" and decide to kill anyway? Do you really want someone that killed your parents to go free, or be housed in a prison somewhere only to be funded by the taxpayer. Wouldn't you want this person off the planet so that they don't have a chance to kill someone else?
Would the "Killing Ban" also apply to animals, plants, insects, or any other creature or "form of life"? If not, how do you make the case that they should be excluded from your ban? Shouldn't ALL life be sacred? What makes you better than the misquitoe?
This is utterly retarded.. Isn't it already universally understood that you shouldn't kill anyone? Does murder happen?? Duh! And you are not going to stop the occasional lunatic from going off the deep end! Saying a killing free world is like saying drug free world. The fact of the matter is you can't possibly control 7 billion people to that extent. I think the world just needs to realize this.
Haha. No government on earth would be able to function without initiating violence. As long as governments exist there will be violence.
Good luck with that agenda. That would be wonderful if people didn't kill, but your not going to get it.
What about defending your citizens? Or is it ok for another country to come in and butcher them? Is that your idea of "non-killing". Don't you have to use force, or the threat or force, to defend?