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-The term '''abolitionism''' refers to any system of ideas (and, possibly, a political programme and a social movement based thereon) that wants to do away with a repressive legal institution and the corresponding social practices. Therefore, the focus of abolitionism is always on a practice (and its normative foundation) which is
+The term '''abolitionism''' refers to any system of ideas (and, possibly, a political programme and a social movement based thereon) that wants to do away with a repressive legal institution and the corresponding social practices. Therefore, the focus of abolitionism is always on
-#presently legal, but
+#a practice which is - at the given time in history - considered to be normal, tolerable and, above all, legal by the majority of a given society
-#seen as a violation of higher principles of justice and humanity
+#but seen as an intolerable violation of higher principles of justice and humanity by an active minority (i.e. the abolitionists)
-#and which should therefore be done away with, in the eyes of abolitionists, immediately and completely.
+#who therefore engage in all sorts of activities with the aim of doing away with this practice and its legal foundation, and to do so immediately and completely.
 To sum it all up: all abolitionist movements are calling for the immediate end of a legal institution they see as utterly unjust.