  One traditional version of transformational pacifism can be found in pacifist religious traditions.  For example, Jesus articulated a revaluation of values from the standpoint of a more pacific understanding of God’s commandments.  Instead of retaliation and the logic of “an eye for eye,” Jesus claimed that we must evolve a new idea—of not returning evil for evil.  Transformational pacifism is often connected to a progressive interpretation of history that points toward a pacifist goal for human evolution. Gandhi thought that such progress was already underway and that history “has been steadily progressing towards ahimsa (nonviolence)” (Gandhi 1972, 310–11).