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Normativity, Moral Reasoning, and Human Rights Engaging with Contemporary Chinese Moral and Political Theory

By Philippe Brunozzi Copyright 2026
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

This title explores the under-examined theoretical foundations of contemporary Chinese philosophical discourse on human rights. Through an interpretive, critical, and constructive approach, it analyzes key elements of the broader theoretical context and offers a new framework for understanding and engaging with Chinese approaches to human rights. The book addresses a significant gap in... Read more

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Notes on the Text

Introduction

Chapter 1: Preliminaries: Normativity, Moral Reasoning, and Human Rights

1.1 (Moral) Normativity

1.2 From Normativity to Moral Reasoning, and From Moral Reasoning to Human Rights

1.3 A Road Map

Chapter 2: Normativity and Moral Reasons

2.1 Practical Normativity

2.2 Moral Normativity

Chapter 3: Engaging with the Emerging Conception of Moral Normativity

3.1 The Conception of Practical Reasons: The Intrapersonal Level

3.2 The Interpersonal Level: Resilience, Second-Order Recognition, and Accountability

3.3 Moral Normativity: The Stability of the Moral Order and the Authority of Moral Demands

Chapter 4: Moral Reasoning

4.1 Three Accounts of Moral Reasoning

4.2 Dialogical Approaches to Moral Reasoning

4.3 Reasoning from the First-Person Plural Standpoint

Chapter 5: The First-Order Level: Human Rights

5.1 The Existence Conditions of (Human) Rights

5.2 The Content of Human Rights

5.3 Conclusion: Refining the Map

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Biography

Philippe Brunozzi is a Privatdozent at the Institute of Philosophy and Political Science at TU Dortmund University. His research focuses on contemporary Western and classical Chinese accounts of agency, as well as contemporary Chinese social and political philosophy.