Nonkilling

This logo, created by Glenn D. Paige, explains the concept of nonkilling combining the ancient Asian yin-yang symbol with the recent brain research finding that stimulation of the pathways between systems of the brain controlling emotions and movement can assist change from violent to nonviolent human behavior. Analogously Creative Transformational Initiatives (blue), drawing upon Nonkilling Human Capabilities (white), can bring an end to Human Killing (red).

Nonkilling, popularised as a concept in the 2002 book Nonkilling Global Political Science, by Glenn D. Paige, refers to the absence of killing, threats to kill, and conditions conducive to killing in human society.[1][2] Even though the use of the term in academia refers mostly to the killing of human beings, it is sometimes extended to include the killing of animals and other forms of life.[3] This is also the case for the traditional use of the term "nonkilling" (or "non-killing") as part of Buddhist ethics, as expressed in the first precept of the Pancasila,[4] and in similar terms throughout world spiritual traditions (see Nonkilling studies). Significantly, "nonkilling" was used in the "Charter for a World without Violence"[5] approved by the 8th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Bhaneja, Balwant; Pim, Joám Evans (2022-01-01), "Nonkilling Political Science", in Kurtz, Lester R. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict (Third Edition), Oxford: Academic Press, pp. 514–520, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-820195-4.00099-6, ISBN 978-0-12-820312-5, retrieved 2022-07-22
  3. ^ Kool, V. K.; Agrawal, Rita (2009). "The Psychology of Nonkilling". In Pim, Joám Evans (ed.). Toward a nonkilling paradigm. Honolulu: Center for Global Nonkilling. ISBN 978-0-9822983-1-2. OCLC 463312339.
  4. ^ Stewart McFarlane in Peter Harvey, ed., Buddhism. Continuum, 2001, page 187. Buddhist Scriptures in Pali language have explicit reference to nonviolence and nonkilling: monks should not only themselves abstain from killing but should also refrain from encouraging other people to kill themselves (Vinayapitaka III: .71-74)
  5. ^ 8th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, Charter for a World without Violence. Rome, December 15, 2007. Archived May 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "To address all forms of violence we encourage scientific research in the fields of human interaction and dialogue and we invite participation from the academic, scientific and religious communities to aid us in the transition to nonviolent, and nonkilling societies".