non-aggression principle
See also: nonaggression principle
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- NAP (abbreviation)
- nonaggression principle
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- (ethics, philosophy) The ethical principle asserting that initiating physical force against persons or their justly acquired property, or threatening to do so, is illegitimate.
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Widely mentioned by libertarians such as anarcho-capitalists.
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