Non-aggression principle
Core concept in libertarianism in the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The non-aggression principle (NAP), also called the non-aggression axiom, is the legal or moral rule that states that for every person, all ways of action with their property except aggression are permitted (also called good), where aggression is defined as the initiation of forceful action, and where forceful action is defined as 'the application or threat of' 'physical interference (property breach) or fraud (contract breach)', any of which without consent.[1][2] [3] [4][5][6][7] The principle is also called the non-initiation of force. [8] The principle incorporates universal enforceability.[9] In other words the principle represents the substantive law and also incorporates both the procedural law and the sanction law, and can as such be considered anarchic.
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The non-aggression principle is considered by some to be an essential idea of right-libertarianism, voluntaryism, anarcho-capitalism or minarchism.[10][11][12][13]