Essays on Nonviolence

The society we live in is full of ideas that require a change, but initiating the transition is challenging. Many people fail to comprehend which method they can use to for changing society. In my opinion, the most effective way to apply is nonviolent civil...

Violence and nonviolence movements seek to gain power through the use of force while using different methods to achieve their goals. However, in what situation is violent dissent deemed necessary, only to be used as an act of protection toward those who are using violence?...

Last Tuesday, I attended the peace conference here at Seton Hall. Leading up to the event I did not know what to expect. My lecture was the opening lecture on the second day. It was titled, “The Human Person’s Responsibility for Peace, Nonviolence and Human...

Both Gandhi and Mandela struggled to maintain specific goals, like Gandhi’s goal to gain independence from Britain and Mandela’s goal to end apartheid. Non-violence, the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change was the center of these movements. The...

When Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke people listened. Poor, rich, white, black, no matter the race, these individuals were seeking his words of peace. Due to King’s influential speeches, people offered to sing, march, and pray for justice with him. Being the face of the...

War is when one group goes after or against another group (Mead). People who are in organized patterns go to war. War is a game to see who can gain more from whoever is going against who. If one is struggling or see something that...

“Anyone who observes the rules of health will not need to knock at the doors of doctors from day to day.” Mahatma Gandhi, the non-violent political mover and shaker who took the greatest colony away from the greatest empire in history, thus playing a role,...

In the US criminal justice system, only people convicted of violent crimes should be sentenced to prison. Violent crimes: murder, rape and sexual assault, robbery, and assault. Non-violent crimes: burglary, racketeering, fraud, drug possession, distribution, and manufacturing. An alternative to prison sentencing: probation i.e. suspending...

Ahimsa and Satyagraha are extremely relevant in today’s society. Ahimsa is the respect for all living things, treating them equally and urges people to refrain from violence under any circumstances. Satyagraha is the idea that non-violence can turn friends into enemies and promotes world peace....