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whatever evolutionary and adaptive role one may. claim it had in the past, in the future can only be negative and in the end suicidal for man.
The lives of individuals and nations are laboratories for the practice of non-violence. The transition from a violent to non-violent Society cannot be anything but arduous, risky and long drawn out. It may take decades and even centuries to be completed. What is required most is a serious and sustained study of violence and non-violence, using all the available insights and techniques of science, especially the lifesciences and psychology. The efforts and voices of all adherents of international co-operation, individuals as well as nations, will be needed to create a strong and clear demand for an open and non-violent world.
Mahatma Gandhi believed and tried to demonstrate in his whole life that the power of the human spirit is mightier than the power of any bomb. To him non-violence was not merely a political technique or even an ethical doctrine but the way of life. Gandhiji believed that the doctrine of Ahimsā was the greatest contribution that India has made to world culture.
The three conclusions listed below also support the doctrine of non-violence. They were arrived at by scientists from several disciplines who came together at the Harvard Research Center in creative altruism in 1949. (1) That love and non-violence is the loftiest and
and most effective educational force for the enlightenment and moral ennoblement of humanity.
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