Human Rights and Chinese Philosophy

Introduction

You have arrived at the home page of Human Rights and Chinese Philosophy, a course that Stephen Angle teaches at Wesleyan University in the Philosophy Department, as Phil 325, and the East Asian Studies Program, as EAST 325.

Collected here you will find most documents associated with the course: the syllabus, various handouts, and assignment sheets for readings, discussions, and papers.

I welcome feedback from students and other visitors: Do you find this information useful? How could it be improved?

Course Syllabus A Sketch of the Terrain Readings and Discussion Leaders Email Discussion Group and Class Summaries Writing Assignments Summary of Requirements and Grades Office Hours Paper Assignments First Paper Topics

Reading List and Assignments Traditions Today Topical Arguments Handouts Varieties of Ius and/or Rights Early Western Rights Timeline

Course-Related Resources on the Internet

• Human Rights in China One of the leading NGOs dealing with human rights in China, HRIC's site includes news and a wide variety of documents and other information.
• Project DIANA Extensive resources include documents, cases, and background to contemporary human rights jurisprudence.
• University of Minnesota Human Rights Library A wide variety of materials with a special concentration on African human rights issues and documents.
• Human Rights Watch. Extensive documentation and research on human rights conditions in nations around the world, including numerous reports on China.
• ChinaLaw Web. The mission of the Chinalaw Web is to provide information about Chinese law and the legal system in greater China.
• White Papers of the Chinese Government. Included here are several documents relating to human rights.
• United Nations High Comissioner for Human Rights.
• Chinese Embassy Documents related to human rights.