Nalin Swaris: Buddhism, Human Rights and Social Renewal

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3 Table of Contents A Note on Canonical References .................................................................. 5 Foreword .......................................................................................................... 6 Introduction ................................................................................................... 10 Chapter 1, Foundations of the Western Philosophy of Right ............... 16 The Middle Ages ................................................................................. 16 The Enlightenment and Thereafter ................................................... 18 Some Aspects of the Western Philosophical Discourse ................... 22 Chapter 2, Brahmin Political Theory ....................................................... 33 Chapter 3, The Buddha and His Times .................................................... 38 The Middle Country in Transition .................................................... 38 The Sanghika Societies ....................................................................... 40 Chapter 4, Basic Premises of the Buddha’s Message of Liberation .... 45 The Law of Conditioned Co-genesis ................................................. 45 Towards Universal Friendliness ......................................................... 47 Chapter 5, The Buddha’s Declaration of Human Biological Unity ...... 51 Chapter 6, The Buddha’s Theory of Right .............................................. 54 With Knowledge of Beginnings ......................................................... 54 Theoretical Implications of the Aggañña Sutta ................................ 58 Chapter 7, The Buddha’s Theory of Statecraft ...................................... 63 Symbolism of the Wheel of Righteousness ....................................... 63 The Lion’s Roar of the Wheel Turning King ................................... 65 Duties of a Righteous Ruler ............................................................... 66 Establishing the Legitimacy of Government .................................... 68 Moral Decline of Society ................................................................... 70 Moral Renewal of Society .................................................................. 71 Theoretical Implications of the Cakkavatti Sīhanāda Sutta............ 72
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