​AMISH

Conflict

 

The Amish are pacifists who refuse military service and who try to live peacefully with each other and with outsiders.

They have a policy of "non-resistance", which means that when governments instruct them to do things that are against their faith, they refuse to do them, but accept the consequences of their refusal without argument.

 

They don't go to law, regarding this as confrontational, although they have used lawyers to defend themselves if they are involved in a lawsuit started by someone else.

 

Internal disagreements are usually resolved by the community as a whole.

 

Although the Amish present a unified face to outsiders, communities are sometimes troubled by disputes which may lead a family to join another community or found a new one.