Abstract
For the past several years a controversy has raged about the applicability of ethical concepts like “human rights” to non-Western or developing societies and specifically to China. It is a debate with particular urgency in Hong Kong where past and future history complicate matters. A 1993 meeting among Asian nations in Bangkok turned on this one issue. The 1993 “Bangkok Declaration” compromised on the following formulation: 8. Recognise that while human rights are universal in nature, they must be considered in the context of a dynamic and evolving process of international norm-setting bearing in mind the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds…
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Hansen, C. (1996). Chinese Philosophy and Human Rights: An Application of Comparative Ethics. In: Becker, G.K. (eds) Ethics in Business and Society. Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61442-2_7
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