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    Lateral violence is described as a non-physical act occurring between individuals and is intended to hurt another person emotionally. It may be a secretive or noticeable act of verbal or non-verbal hostility. The actions can extend exterior to the place of work and can be perpetrated individually or in cyberspace. Within the nursing community, lateral violence is described as aggression behaviors amongst nurses. The most common forms of lateral violence in the nursing practice include: undermining

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    In the height of the civil rights movement violence was typically the route taken to solve what most would call problems.Though throughout the piece written by civil rights leader Cesar Chavez, there is a clear message that the only way to have a significant amount of change is through the act of nonviolence. With the use of powerful diction, appeal towards the underlying faith of his readers, and a contrasting argument against his belief, it all comes down to the fact that the people will come to

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    few reasons for thinking why nonviolence could potentially be better rather than violence is because it is less harmful to people, their country, and the world. But most times when a war starts, it is violence that will make it come to an end. Yes, when using violence in war it is going to harm innocent lives, and although this will happen, it will also essentially wipe out the nation you are fighting against. Violence shouldn’t ever have to be the answer, but when it comes to defending yourself you

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    Even though there are many sects of the Buddhist faith, this essay focuses on the shared peace practices and beliefs Buddhism promotes, especially the concept of inner peace through reflection. Buddhism is known widely as a religion of peace and non-violence, though there are outlying examples contrary to the point such as Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, and etc., the concept of achieving inner peace and living harmoniously no matter what views one has can promote a positive society. Dharma is a

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    opposition immediately through the use of violence and force. They gave the peaceful protestors no time to spread any of their beliefs, and violently attacked several innocent people with absolutely no reasoning. Violence is an acceptable answer when one tries to inflict no harm on individuals, and when one can confidently ensure their people that the outcome of this controlled violence will be positive (In Honor of Nelson Mandela: When, if ever, is Violence Justifiable for Political or

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    are killed because of apartheid (Adrienne,Lerner,Wilmoth,lerner) and racial discrimination and your peaceful demands are met with violence then use of violence becomes the only means to an end. Violence should be used to end racial discrimination ,non-violence only truly works when there's a conscious in the majority of people and or government that you are doing the non-violent acts and protest for as well as if the users of nonviolence are willing to die to end racial discrimination. In 1953 the

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    Richard Attenborough has succeeded in showing an incredible epic of a man determined to live and promote non-violence. (Gandhi) This film helps to capture the essence of Gandhi by using a wide range of critical scenes spanning his adult life. Gandhi should be used as a guide to living a modern day non-violent life. Gandhi’s actions, in this film, can be used as a case study for understanding how non-violent protest is a functional and moral way to combat oppression. Gandhi makes an interesting argument

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    think violence is the right way to deal with situation s but Josephine Baker in the “Speech at the March on Washington” and Gandhi in the “Letter to Viceroy” by Lord Irwin does not agree. They believe that situations should be harmless, peacefully, and done equally. First and foremost, In order to achieve true freedom one must use non-violence. According to the “Letter to Viceroy” by Lord Irwin. Irwin stated“ My ambition is no less than to convert the British people through non-violence and thus

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    without violence that is attributed to the ethical values of Judaism. Upon further research including an ethnographic study it was clear that followers of Judaism truly value the culture of non-violence. It is these ethics and values within the Judaistic tradition for the development of non-violence that are invaluable for contemporary society as they help to create a safer civilisation. Firstly, the Torah or Hebrew bible has many different examples and teachings on violence, non-violence, punishment

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    others in the process. There is so much violence in the world and we need to take a step forward as a community, nation, and one world. We will not survive in a world of violence. In fact, we will destroy ourselves and there IS something you can do about it. Something our communities could do is compare and contrast violence and nonviolence. WE can be the difference in this world. That one principle could be a huge leap for us as humans. There is so much violence in this world and it is killing us. My

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