Reason, Justice and Dignity
A Journey to Some Unexplored Sources of Human Rights
Biographical note
Peter Leuprecht, Doctor of Law, University of Innsbruck (Austria), former Director of Human Rights and Deputy Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, retired Professor of McGill and Université du Québec à Montréal. He has published extensively on international law and human rights.
Readership
Those interested in a broader vision of the history of the idea of human rights, including the thinking of ancient China, the golden age of Islam and 16th century Spain.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements; Introduction:
Why this book?
A journey to some unexplored sources of human rights;
Chapter I: First Stage – Harmony through Humaneness: Confucius and Mencius;
Section 1: Confucius – loving the other;
Section 2: Mencius – the thinking heart;
Section 3: What have we discovered?;
Chapter II: Second Stage – Faith and Reason Avicenna, Averroes and Ibn Khaldun;
Section 1: Avicenna – the rational soul;
Section 2: Averroes – the primacy of autonomous reason;
Section 3: Ibn Khaldun – the global thinker;
Section 4: What have we discovered?;
Chapter III: Third Stage – The Equal Dignity of Others: Bartolomé de Las Casas and Francisco de Vitoria;
Context: the theory and practice of Christian imperialism;
Section 1: Bartolomé de Las Casas – champion of the “Indians”;
Section 2: Francisco de Vitoria – tormented doubter and father of international law;
Section 3: What have we discovered?;
Conclusion: What have we discovered?;
What are we bringing home from our journey? - A powerful incentive to promote intercultural and inter-religious dialogue;
Index.
Why this book?
A journey to some unexplored sources of human rights;
Chapter I: First Stage – Harmony through Humaneness: Confucius and Mencius;
Section 1: Confucius – loving the other;
Section 2: Mencius – the thinking heart;
Section 3: What have we discovered?;
Chapter II: Second Stage – Faith and Reason Avicenna, Averroes and Ibn Khaldun;
Section 1: Avicenna – the rational soul;
Section 2: Averroes – the primacy of autonomous reason;
Section 3: Ibn Khaldun – the global thinker;
Section 4: What have we discovered?;
Chapter III: Third Stage – The Equal Dignity of Others: Bartolomé de Las Casas and Francisco de Vitoria;
Context: the theory and practice of Christian imperialism;
Section 1: Bartolomé de Las Casas – champion of the “Indians”;
Section 2: Francisco de Vitoria – tormented doubter and father of international law;
Section 3: What have we discovered?;
Conclusion: What have we discovered?;
What are we bringing home from our journey? - A powerful incentive to promote intercultural and inter-religious dialogue;
Index.
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