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RIGHT · The ‘right’ in human rights: Aristotelianism and Neo-Confucianism at the basis of the EU-China Dialogue

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2022-03-15 → 2025-03-14
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Накратко на български

Философските традиции на Аристотел и Конфуций се анализират, за да се създаде обща основа за разбиране на човешките права между ЕС и Китай. Това помага за намаляване на конфликтите между западния фокус върху индивидуалните свободи и китайския приоритет към социалните права.

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The ‘right’ in human rights: Aristotelianism and Neo-Confucianism at the basis of the EU-China Dialogue

The EU 101019777 Project, titled “RIGHT: The ‘Right’ in Human Rights: Aristotelianism and Neo-Confucianism at the Basis of the EU-China Dialogue,” is a three-year global research initiative carried out by Marie Curie Global Fellow Dr. Anna Irene Baka. The initial research phase was hosted at Harvard University, while the return phase is being conducted at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. The RIGHT project seeks to develop a Conceptual Human Rights Framework by integrating two premodern philosophical traditions—Aristotelianism and (Neo)Confucianism—which the project identifies as offering valuable conceptual tools for revitalizing the currently stagnant EU-China Dialogue on human rights. The contrast in human rights perceptions—where the EU emphasizes individual liberties and China prioritizes social and economic rights—underscores the urgency of a shared theoretical framework that can accommodate these divergent foundations. To this end, the project synthesizes essential concepts from both traditions to construct a more inclusive and less confrontational understanding of human rights. Notably, the research concludes that a functional definitional human rights framework between the EU and China should not rely on rigid, ad hoc definitions shaped by culturally embedded interpretations. Rather, it should emphasize shared judicial processes—practices and procedures within each legal system—as a practical pathway for building a common and empirically grounded understanding of human rights. This orientation offers a promising avenue for aligning normative perspectives while respecting cultural and legal diversity.By contributing an innovative, philosophically and historically informed approach to global human rights discourse, the project aspires to facilitate more effective and sustained engagement between the two major global actors.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

“The ‘right’ in human rights: Aristotelianism and Neo-Confucianism at the basis of the EU-China Dialogue” (RIGHT) is an interdisciplinary research project proposed for a Marie Curie Global Fellowship by Dr. Anna Irene Baka (PhD, The University of Hong Kong), Senior Human Rights Officer at the Greek National Commission for Human Rights and Adjunct Lecturer in Jurisprudence, EU law and Human Rights at the University of London International LL.B. Programme in Greece. This research aims to provide a ground-breaking definitional human rights framework on the basis of Aristotelianism and Neo-Confucianism, thus filling a major gap in human rights theory and practice and offering a basis for the sustainable continuation of the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue. The outgoing phase will be conducted at the East Asian Languages and Civilisations Department of Harvard under the supervision of Prof. Michael Puett. The return phase will take place at the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage at Ca' Foscari under the supervision of Prof. Marco Sgarbi. The project will be assisted by an advisory board of philosophers and human rights experts, and will also involve a focus group consisting of European and Chinese academics and policymakers. Results will be presented mainly through a website, a monograph, two journal articles, a module, a policy brief and a closing conference. RIGHT becomes particularly timely due to the revival of Confucianism by the Chinese Communist Party. The project provides the opportunity to give the proponent tailored training-through-research and transferable-skills-training for the advancement of her academic career, to establish collaborations between institutions working on similar themes in the US, Europe and China, and to deploy two philosophical traditions of the European and Chinese cultural heritage in a way that would demonstrate their relevance today, as well as their potential to address scholarly gaps and contemporary societal challenges.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA · VeneziaКоординаторИталия
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE · CambridgeСъединени щати