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# Read ! Human Rights in Chinese Thought: A Cross-Cultural Inquiry (Cambridge Modern China Series) by Stephen C. Angle ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Human Rights in Chinese Thought: A Cross-Cultural Inquiry (Cambridge Modern China Series) Human Rights Explored This book has illustrated for me the real need for western peoples to familiarize themselves with some elements of eastern life, literature and culture. One glance at the extensive bibliography shows that there is much to be learned before we can engage in meaningful dialogue with eastern peoples on sensitive issues that will influence the policies of nations and the lives of all of us, east and west alike.The author begins by quoting a Chinese speaker's statement that coun
| Title | : | Human Rights in Chinese Thought: A Cross-Cultural Inquiry (Cambridge Modern China Series) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.35 (846 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521007526 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-26 |
| Language | : | English |
"A historical orientation makes this book of immense interest beyond circles of human rights theorists and philosophersengaging and provocative" China Rights Forum"There has been a flurry of fine books within the last decade on the debate about the history and role of human rights in China, and Professor Stephen Angle has written one of the best, if not the best of the lot." - John Berthrong, Boston University
It integrates a full account of the development of Chinese rights discourse with philosophical consideration of how various communities should respond to contemporary Chinese claims about the uniqueness of their human rights concepts. What should we make of claims by members of other groups to have moralities different from our own? Human Rights in Chinese Thought gives an extended answer to this question in the first study of its kind. The book elaborates a plausible kind of moral pluralism and demonstrates that Chinese ideas of human rights do indeed have distinctive characteristics, but it nonetheless argues for the importance and promise of cross-cultural moral engagement.
Human Rights Explored This book has illustrated for me the real need for western peoples to familiarize themselves with some elements of eastern life, literature and culture. One glance at the extensive bibliography shows that there is much to be learned before we can engage in meaningful dialogue with eastern peoples on sensitive issues that will influence the policies of nations and the lives of all of us, east and west alike.The author begins by quoting a Chinese speaker's statement that countries may have different notions of Human Ri
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