Human Rights in Chinese Thought: A Cross-Cultural Inquiry (Cambridge Modern China Series) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Human Rights in Chinese Thought: A Cross-Cultural Inquiry (Cambridge Modern China Series) Book

This book is about the origins and development of Chinese ideas of human rights, and about what we in the contemporary world should make of different cultures having different moral ideas. It differs from competing books in two ways. First, its historical account is much fuller, since it shows how Chinese discussions of rights grew out of pre-existing Confucian philosophical concerns. Second, it is also a work of philosophy: it explains what it means to have moral concepts that differ from one another, and how we should react to such differences.Read More

from£26.52 | RRP: £28.99
* Excludes Voucher Code Discount Also available Used from £12.88
  • Product Description

    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. 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. 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.

  • 0521007526
  • 9780521007528
  • Stephen C. Angle
  • 24 June 2002
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 304
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you click through any of the links below and make a purchase we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Click here to learn more.

Would you like your name to appear with the review?

We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. All reviews submitted become the licensed property of www.find-book.co.uk as written in our terms and conditions. None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.

All form fields are required.