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Human Rights and East Asian Philosophy: Traditional and Recent Approaches book cover

1st Edition

Human Rights and East Asian Philosophy Traditional and Recent Approaches

Edited By Benedict S. B. Chan, Baldwin Wong Copyright 2026
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge
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Human rights, viewed as universal moral rights since the 1948 Universal Declaration, are increasingly examined in relation to non-Western traditions. This edited volume explores the intersection of East Asian philosophies – Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism – with human rights discourse, examining whether these ancient traditions can accommodate universal values while preserving their core... Read more

Introduction for Human Rights and East Asian Philosophy: Traditional and Recent Approaches

Benedict S. B. Chan and Baldwin Wong

Section 1: Human Rights and Confucian Perspectives

1. Reconciling International Legal Human Rights and Confucianism: A Consequential Evaluation to Political Participation and Privacy

Benedict S. B. Chan

2. Confucian Strong Harmony and Human Rights

Chenyang Li

3. Confucian Conception of Human Rights

Kam-por Yu

4. Confucianism on Liberty, Political Participation and the Foundation of Human Rights: the Hong Kong Perspective from Ho Kai and Hu Liyuan

Man-kong Li

5. Epistemic Rights: A Confucian Perspective

Chi Kwok

6. Epistemic Rights as Human Rights in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Confucian Perspective

Pak-Hang Wong

Section 2: Human Rights: From the Buddhist and Daoist Perspectives

7. Buddhism and Human Rights: A Critical Survey

Kai-man Kwan

8. Buddhist Doctrine of No-Self and Human Rights: Compatible or Incompatible?

Kai-man Kwan

9. Group Identity and Group Right: A Reflection Through a Buddhist Lens

Ellen Y. Zhang

10. Zhuangzi, Freedom, and the Ability to Change Perspectives: A Daoist View of the Right to Education

Baldwin Wong and Ho Chuen Kwan

11. A Daoist and Confucian Approach to the Environmental Right of Future Generations

Simon Sai-ming Wong

Biography

Benedict S. B. Chan is an associate dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the director of the Centre for Applied Ethics, and an associate professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University. He is a co-editor of the books Social and Ethical Considerations of AI in East Asia and Beyond (2025), Warfare Ethics in Comparative Perspective: China and the West (2024), Building Chinese Bioethics: Exploring the Prevailing Technologies [In Chinese] (2024), and Whole Person Education in East Asian Universities: Perspectives from Philosophy and Beyond (2022).

Baldwin Wong is an assistant professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy and a research fellow in the Centre for Applied Ethics at Hong Kong Baptist University. His academic interests lie mainly in public justification and Confucianism. His works have been published in American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Journal of Applied Philosophy, Economics & Philosophy, etc.

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