9. A Confucian Theory of Rights

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xvii
5. Notes on Abbreviations, Key Terms, and Translations xxiii
6. 1. Why Confucianism? Which Confucianism? 1
7. 2. Confucianism on Political Legitimacy : For the People, of the People, but Not by the People 32
8. 3. A Confucian Hybrid Regime as an Answer to Democratic Problems 52
9. 4. The Superiority of the Confucian Hybrid Regime Defended 83
10. 5. Compassion as the New Social Glue in the Society of Strangers 110
11. 6. Conflict in the Expansion of Care: The Private versus the Public 138
12. 7. Tian Xia: A Confucian Model of National Identity and International Relations 175
13. 8. Humane Responsibility Overrides Sovereignty: A Confucian Theory of Just War 214
14. 9. A Confucian Theory of Rights 240
15. Postscript 285
16. References 291
17. Index 305