Confucianism and Human Rights - Softcover

De Bary, Wm. Theodore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231109377 ISBN 13: 9780231109376

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Is the Confucian tradition compatible with the Western understanding of human rights? Are there fundamental human values, regardless of cultural differences, common to all peoples of all nations? At this critical point in Communist China's history, eighteen distinguished scholars address the role of Confucianism in dealing with questions of universal human rights.

About this title

Book Description:

In essays exploring the relationship of contemporary human rights doctrine to the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, this volume investigates concepts such as the individual in relation to the state; the notion of "rights" in ritual and law; and justice, constitutionalism, and intellectual freedom in Chinese and Western traditions.

About the Author:

Wm. Theodore de Bary (1919–2017) was John Mitchell Mason Professor Emeritus and provost emeritus of Columbia University. His many books include Waiting for the Dawn, Message of the Mind, and Learning for One’s Self, as well as Sources of Japanese Tradition and Sources of Korean Tradition, all published by Columbia University Press.

Tu Weiming is the editor of China in Transformation and author of Living Tree: The Changing Meaning of Being Chinese Today, and Way, Meaning and Politics: Essays on the Confucian Intellectual.

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0231109377
• ISBN 13: 9780231109376
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: De Bary Wm. Theodore De, Tu Weiming