What the Buddha hid well : Buddhist social contract theory in the Dīgha Nikāya

• Main Author: R Daminisree
• Other Authors: Christopher Holman
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Phenomenology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/75894
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Using the phenomenological method, this paper traces a Buddhist social contract theory in the Dīgha Nikāya and compares it with the social contract theories of Hobbes’ Leviathan and Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, revealing a moderate and sophisticated understanding of human nature, equality...