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The term '''abolitionism''' (from lat. [[Abolitio| abolitio]]) 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 | The term '''abolitionism''' (from lat. [[Abolitio| abolitio]]) 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 which is | #a practice which is accepted by the legal order and by the dominant moral standards | ||
#but | #but which an active minority (i.e. the abolitionists) regards as an intolerable violation of higher principles of justice and humanity, | ||
# | #thus trying to convince society at large and especially lawmakers that this practice and its legal foundation need to be abolished immediately and completely. | ||
In this description, abolitionism is defined by the immediatism and radicalism of its demands, thus distinguishing itself from more reformist currents that ask not for the immediate abolition, but for a gradual phasing-out of the institution in question. In this usage of the term, the opposition to a repressive institution can be divided into abolitionists (who by definition are immediatists) on the one hand and gradualists on the other. Other usages of the term would see abolitionism as encompassing all opposition ot a repressive institution, and speak of immediatists and gradualists as varieties of abolitionism. | In this description, abolitionism is defined by the immediatism and radicalism of its demands, thus distinguishing itself from more reformist currents that ask not for the immediate abolition, but for a gradual phasing-out of the institution in question. In this usage of the term, the opposition to a repressive institution can be divided into abolitionists (who by definition are immediatists) on the one hand and gradualists on the other. Other usages of the term would see abolitionism as encompassing all opposition ot a repressive institution, and speak of immediatists and gradualists as varieties of abolitionism. | ||