Confucianism and Human Rights
Wm. Theodore de Bary
ISBN 10: 0231109377 ISBN 13: 9780231109376
Published by Columbia University Press, 1999
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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 is the author or editor of more than two dozen works on Asian civilizations, including Sources of Chinese Tradition and Sources of Japanese Tradition. 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.
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Title: Confucianism and Human Rights
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
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