Normativity, Moral Reasoning, and Human Rights

Engaging with Contemporary Chinese Moral and Political Theory
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-20410-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 470 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

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 scholarship by exploring the tendency of major Chinese human rights theories to neglect the background assumptions that inform their approaches. Through a systematic analysis of selected Chinese theories of moral reasoning and their underlying conceptions of moral normativity, the author identifies a possible framework for human rights theorizing. On this basis, the author outlines an alternative approach to human rights that emerges from Chinese discourse while differing from the human rights theories that sparked the inquiry. By bridging relevant Anglo-European debates, this book also contributes to global philosophy and addresses human rights beyond the Chinese philosophical context.

It is essential reading for advanced students, researchers, and anyone interested in the potential of Chinese human rights theory and contemporary philosophical developments in China.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brunozzi, Philippe

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

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

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

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.