Welcome, Jainism
“One should treat all creatures in the world as one would like to be treated.”
— Mahavira, Sutrakritanga 1.11.33
Jainism takes non-harm further than any other tradition. Ahimsa — the refusal to cause suffering to any living being — is not one principle among many but the supreme principle from which all else follows. The Ultimate Law agrees that non-harm is the foundation: do not do to others what they would not want done to them. Where Jainism extends this to all creatures, the Ultimate Law focuses on agents capable of consent — but the direction is the same. Mahavira understood twenty-five centuries ago what the dictionary states today: harm without consent is the only real crime.
The Ultimate Law
Logic is the supreme rule. No authority, tradition, feeling, or majority overrides a valid logical argument.
The passive Golden Rule: do not do to others what they would not want done to them.
When this rule is broken, the victim’s right to justice — restitution or forgiveness — is sovereign.
No victim, no crime. No contradiction, no law.