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New Debates on Human Rights and East Asian Philosophical Traditions: Confucianism and Beyond

19 Jan 2022
Centre for Applied Ethics
poster of New Debates on Human Rights and East Asian Philosophical Traditions: Confucianism and Beyond
Date
19 Jan 2022
Time
09:00-18:00
Location
Zoom Meeting, ID:933 6992 1732, password: 872901
Language
English
New Debates on Human Rights and East Asian Philosophical Traditions: Confucianism and Beyond
TimeOpening Ceremony
Chairperson: Dr. Benedict CHAN
09:00-09:15

Opening Speeches

Group Picture

 Session I
Chairperson: Dr. KWOK Wai Luen
09:15-10:00"A Confucian Perspective on the Right to Bereavement"
Wenqing ZHAO (Whitman College, USA) 
10:00-10:45"Political Confucianism and the Rights to Toleration"
Zhuoyao (Peter) LI (St. John's University, USA) 
 Session II
Chairperson:
Dr. George MAK
11:00-11:45"The Challenge of Group Rights: A Buddhist Perspective"
Ellen Y. ZHANG (Hong Kong Baptist University)
11:45-12:30"Confucianism, Cognitive Disability, and Moral Status"
William SIN (The Education University of Hong Kong)
 Session III
Chairperson:
Prof. ZHANG Jiji
14:30-15:15"Law of the Will (Tian Li) and the Determination of Human Rights"
Simon WONG (Hong Kong Baptist University)
15:15-16:00"Human Rights to Privacy, Dignity, and Confucianism: Limitations and Beyond"
Benedict CHAN (Hong Kong Baptist University)
 Session IV
Chairperson: Dr. Mark BOONE
16:15-17:00"A Right to Etiquette: A Discussion of Workplace Rights from a Xunzian Perspective"
Baldwin WONG (The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong)
17:00-17:45"Epistemic Rights, Human Rights, and Confucian Epistemology"
Pak hang WONG (H&M Group Sweden)

 

Programme and abstract

 

Enquiry:

Telephone: 3411 7274

Email: cae@hkbu.edu.hk