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The word ''initiation'' means that the force can be causally traced back to the [[will]] of a person, while this person did not have [[permission]]. So a person did not initiate the use of force when he was just a domino in a causal chain that he did not initiate by his will.
The word ''initiation'' means that the force can be causally traced back to the [[will]] of a person, while this person did not have [[permission]]. So a person did not initiate the use of force when he was just a domino in a causal chain that he did not initiate by his will.
[[Spying]] is an example of aggression, because it requires the gaining of access to another persons property (force) without permission.
Note that [[communication]] requires the initiation of force to gain access to another persons sensory organs. If [[politeness]] is kept, permission for communication is usually given after the fact.


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Revision as of 19:58, 15 February 2011

Aggression is defined as the initiation of physical force against other persons or their property, the threat of such, or fraud upon other persons or their property.

Synonymous to the word physical force, simply the word force or the word violence is often used. Strictly speaking force is only violence when it is used against another persons property instead of ones own property.

The word initiation means that the force can be causally traced back to the will of a person, while this person did not have permission. So a person did not initiate the use of force when he was just a domino in a causal chain that he did not initiate by his will.

Spying is an example of aggression, because it requires the gaining of access to another persons property (force) without permission.

Note that communication requires the initiation of force to gain access to another persons sensory organs. If politeness is kept, permission for communication is usually given after the fact.