Human Dignity in Classical Chinese Philosophy

Qianfan Zhang obtained his PhD in Government from the University of Texas at Austin (1999), and is Professor of Law at Peking University, where he is also Director of the Center for the People’s Congress and Parliamentary Studies and the Senior Deputy Director of the Constitutional and Administrative Law Center. As an influential public intellectual in China, he has authored or edited over 30 books, and published more than 160 articles and 350 commentaries in the areas of constitutional law and political philosophy.

• Preface.- Introduction: The Concept of Human Dignity in the West: An Overview.- 1. Human Dignity in Confucianism.- 2. Humanity or Benevolence? The Interpretation of Confucian Ren and Its Modern Implications.- 3. Propriety, Law, and Harmony: A Functional Argument for Rule of Virtue.- 4. Human Dignity in Mohism.- 5. Human Dignity in Daoism Conclusion: Human Dignity Revisited References Chinese Glossary.