Non – interfering thought or Non – interfering policy of thought with regard to scope of a state:
Non – interventionism means – A person should be allowed to work in accordance with his choice or wish because he is the best guardian of his interests. This accepts primacy of an individual and supports granting optimum liberty to an individual. The objective of non – interventionist doctrine is to restrict the scope of a state. This principle is also called policy of non – intervention or non – interference. This principle provides maximum importance to an individual.
The fundamental idea of this principle is “an individual is not for a state, instead, a state is for an individual.” The mission of a state or other institutions is the development of an individual and it is not the duty of an individual to serve the state. A state should provide maximum freedom to an individual and should interfere the least into his activities. In political philosophy, this thought is a gift of the 19th century. First of all, this thought was propagated by Bentham and James Mill. Its full expression and explanation was done by John Stuart and Herbert Spencer.