中国社会科学院社会发展研究中心

中国现代外国哲学学会

中英美暑期哲学学院

资助者：        福特基金会

组织委员会： 邱仁宗  单继刚  甘绍平  马寅卯  马新晶

前言：在当代的学术文化中，关于人权的讨论，无论在理论上，还是在实践上都起着重要作用。而有关人权的讨论，其特点是既比较深刻和具有创造性，又令人困惑。二次大战后国际组织文件中要求成员国关注人权，是为了防止重新出现类似纳粹、法西斯糟蹋人权的事件，但人权问题又往往被“政治化”，成为无端干涉他国内政的工具，再者学术界对人权的诠释以及有关人权的理论又多种多样，这种多样性又与文化的差异有关。中国开放改革的三十年经历着社会的深刻转型，在转型过程中自然提出了人权问题。对这些问题的合适回答和解决将对我国的国内和国外事务有重要作用。中国的哲学家、法学家、社会科学家以及其他知识分子学者探讨与人权相关的学术问题，将有利于我国人权问题的解决和国内人权的改进。国外的学者，尤其是那些对人权提出有影响的论述以及那些处理大规模迅速转型中实际问题有经验的学者将对我们提供重要帮助。

1. 目的：会议将集中于讨论人权的概念、理论、原则和价值，及其在中国和其他国家中的应用，也讨论在中国和其他国家改进人权的建议。会议期间将鼓励来自不同文化和国家的与会者之间自由交换意见和观点以及促进他们之间的相互理解。 

2. 参加者：会议将包括特邀发言人（境外和境内的特邀发言人待定）和申请与会人。我们欢迎哲学家、法学家、社会科学家、其他学者以及人文社会科学研究生来北京参加我们的会议。

3. 临时日程：

2010年10月15日星期五

注册

2010年10月16日星期六

开幕式

第1-4次会议:

招待会

2010年10月17日星期日

第5-8次会议

闭幕式

4. 地点：会议将在北京举行，具体地点：北京东方文化酒店（东城区交道口）

5. 语言：英语、中文

鉴于职业同声传译者翻译的困难，我们此次采用不同的方式解决语言沟通问题。我们将选择在专业和英语方面经过训练的学者负责外国特邀发言人的笔译和口译工作，事先将外国特邀发言人的中英文发言稿印在会议资料中。也请国内特邀发言人提供中英文发言资料，以便印在会议资料中。

6. 摘要和发言稿全文：特邀发言人请于2010年7月15日将论文的中英文摘要通过电子邮件发给秘书长马寅卯教授zhexue@yahoo.cn 。摘要格式如下：

摘要题目

作者姓名

作者单位和职称

Email 地址

摘要正文

请将中英文发言稿全文于2010年8月31日用电子邮件发给秘书长马寅卯教授zhexue@yahoo.cn 

7. 注册：注册时间为2010年10月15日星期五 09:00-18:00。特邀发言人免交注册费。其他与会者请于注册时缴纳注册费人民币300元，学生减半为150元。

8. 食宿：住宿信息将于以后提供。特邀发言人免交住宿费（2010年10月15-17日三晚），提前或延后住宿费用以及住店期间其他费用自理。其他与会者费用自理。

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附录：以下问题供与会者参考：

1.    当断言某件事是人权时，这意味着什么？我们应该如何判断这样一种主张是否能得到辩护?

2.    是否一切权利都是人权?  在哪些方面其他权利不同于人权?

3.    有些人权是否比其他人权更重要?

4.    是否有脱贫的人权?

5.    对人权的最好理解是对人权一个一个地去理解，还是将人权看作是人权系统的一些要素?

6.    为了识别人权遭到破坏，我们是否需要一种人权理论?

7.    人权之间是否可能发生冲突? 如果有可能，应该如何解决这些冲突?

8.    哲学、历史、人类学、宗教、政治学、法律和经济学对理解人权能做好（删）什么贡献? 哪些学科对人权提供了最重要的洞见?

9.    是否有将人权分类的哲学上有用的方法?

10.   人权的法律概念是否不同于人权的伦理概念?

11.   人权是否独立于法律的认可?

12.   《人权法案》是否基本上是不民主的?

13.   不可能实现的人权是否不该称为权利?

14.   谁对满足基本人权负有责任?

15.   人权是不可剥夺的吗？或者人能放弃人权吗?

16.   是否有新的人权?

17.   权利的考虑是否应该约束政府的活动?

18.   制度安排是否能违反人权或符合人权?

19.   在不存在权利文化情况下制度安排能确保或维护权利吗?   

20.   权利理论如何与容忍理论相关?

21.   是否有集体权利与个人权利？如果有集体权利，它们是人权吗?

22.   权利理论与义务理论有怎样的关系? 其中一个比另一个更基本吗?

23.   我们应该将整个政治哲学基于人权理论之上吗?

24.   人权是否是普遍的还是它们仅适用于某些时候和某些地方?

25.   维护权利的最好地方是否是司法部门而不是立法机构?

26.   在维护人权中群体在公民社会中的作用是什么?

27.   媒体在人权方面有特殊的作用吗?

28.   人权对国际关系有什么含义?

BEIJING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS

INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY

CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

BEIJING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS

16-17 Sat.-Sun. October 2010

Beijing, China

FIRST CIRCULAR & CALL FOR PAPERS

Organisers:

Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Institute of Social Development

Chinese Society for Contemporary Foreign Philosophy

Philosophy Summer School in China: China Britain USA

Sponsor:

The Ford Foundation

Questions of human rights play a crucial role, both theoretically and practically, in contemporary intellectual culture. The complex discussion of human rights is characterised by depth, puzzlement and creativity, while the ethical assessment of individual societies and international institutions is sensitive to how human rights are recognised and implemented. The dynamic transformation of Chinese society over the past three decades has raised important questions in China about human rights. Wisdom in answering these questions will help China to continue to consolidate its internal confidence and extend its external influence as a strong and stable power, while faulty answers will impede development in both domestic and international affairs. Chinese philosophers, lawyers, social scientists and other intellectuals are contributing to the exploration of the terms and consequences of proposals regarding human rights in China, and they can be assisted by the experience of foreign colleagues, especially those enunciating influential accounts of human rights and those dealing with practical problems of large-scale rapid transformation in their own countries.

1. Objectives: The Conference will focus on the concepts, theories, principles and values of human rights and their application in Chinese or in other contexts. The Conference will also discuss proposals for improving the implementation of human rights in China or other countries. During the Conference free exchange of opinions and viewpoints and mutual understanding between participants from different cultures and countries on human rights will be promoted.  

2. Participants: The conference will include invited participants and selected participants responding to this call for papers. Invited participants will be speakers at plenary sessions. Other participants, after their abstract is accepted and registration fee is paid, will speak at plenary or concurrent sessions. We welcome philosophers, lawyers, social scientists and other scholars to come to Beijing to participate in our Conference.

3. Invited Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (overseas)

Professor Stephen Angle (Wesleyan University):

THE RIGHTS OF ALL UNDER HEAVEN: HUMAN RIGHTS AND

CONTEMPORARY CONFUCIAN IDEAS OF SOVEREIGNTY

Ci Jiwei (University of Hong Kong):

THE MORAL AMBIGUITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Neera Chandhoke (University of Delhi):

JUSTIFYING RIGHTS

James Nickel (University of Miami):

TBC

Randall Peerenboom (La Trobe University):

HANDLING SOCIO-ECONOMIC CLAIMS - OR RIGHTS –

IN LOWER-MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES

John Tasioulas (University of Oxford):

WHAT IS A HUMAN RIGHT?

Leif Wenar (King’s College London):                   

TBC

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (mainland)

TBC

4. Provisional Schedule:

15 Fri. October 2010

Registration

Social Event

16 Sat. October 2010

Opening  

Sessions:

Social Event

17 Sun. October 2010

Sessions:

Closing Ceremony

Social Event

5. Venue: The Conference hotel will be at Beijing Oriental Cultural Hotel.

6. Language: The working languages of the Conference are Chinese and English.

7. Abstracts and Manuscripts: The abstracts by invited speakers and those responding to the call for papers should be sent to Professor Qiu Renzong rzq@chinaphs.org by email by 30 June 2010. The format of the abstract should be as follows:

The title of the abstract

Name of the author

Institution and academic position of the author

Email address

The text of the abstract

The full text of presentations should be sent to Professor Qiu Renzong rzq@chinaphs.org  by email by 1 August 2010.  Presentations by invited speakers will be 20-30 minutes and by those answering the call for papers will be 15-20 minutes.

8. Registration: Registration will be 09:00-18:00 on Beijing Oriental Cultural Hotel 15 October 2010. Invited speakers will be exempted from the Registration Fee. Other participants are required to pay a Registration Fee CNY 2000 (approximately USD 300, EURO 200 or GBP 190 depending on exchange rate at the time) to the Registration Desk. Students are required to pay CNY 1000.

9. Hotel Reservations: Information regarding hotel reservations will be provided later. Accommodation for invited speakers will be provided by the Conference for three nights: 15-17 October 2010, with extra nights and other costs paid by the speakers. Other participants will pay for their own accommodation.

10. Formal Invitation for Entry Visa: After receiving the abstracts, we will issue formal letters of invitation by 15 July 2010 to submit with visa applications by invited speakers and other participants whose abstracts have been accepted. Participants needing an invitation in order to apply for a grant should submit their abstracts as soon as possible to allow us to process their invitation early. We will send you further information later.

We warmly welcome you to participate in the Beijing International Conference on Human Rights in 2010!

The Organizing Committee

The Secretariat

Appendix: The following questions indicate some central issues to consider for the conference, but speakers are welcome to focus on other topics relating to human rights.

1.        What does it mean to assert that something is a human right? How should we judge whether such a claim is justified?

2.        Are all rights human rights?  In what ways do other rights differ from human rights?

3.        Are some human rights more important than other human rights?

4.        Is there a human right to be free from poverty?

5.        Are rights best understood one by one or as elements of a system of rights?

6.        Do we need a theory of human rights in order to recognise violations of human rights?

7.        Can there be a clash of rights? If so, how can they be settled?

8.        What can philosophy, history, anthropology, religion, politics, law and economics contribute to the understanding of human rights? Which disciplines provide the most important insights into human rights?

9.        Are there philosophically useful ways of classifying human rights?

10.    Do legal conceptions of human rights differ from moral conceptions of human rights?

11.    Do human rights exist independent of legal recognition?

12.    Is a Bill of Rights fundamentally undemocratic?

13.    Are human rights that cannot be realised undeserving of the title of rights?

14.    Who bears the duty to satisfy basic human rights?

15.    Are human rights inalienable or can human beings forfeit human rights?

16.    Can there be new human rights?

17.    Should considerations of rights constrain the activities of government?

18.    Can institutional arrangements violate human rights or be compliant with human rights?

19.    Can institutional arrangements secure or defend rights without a culture of rights?   

20.    How is the theory of rights related to the theory of tolerance?

21.    Are there collective rights as well as individual rights? If there are collective rights, are they human rights?

22.    How is the theory of rights related to a theory of obligations? Is one more basic than the other?

23.    Should we ground the whole of political philosophy on a theory of human rights?

24.    Are human rights universal or are they applicable only at certain times and in certain places?

25.    Are rights best defended by the judiciary and not by the legislature?

26.     What is the role of groups in civil society in defending human rights?

27.    Do the media have a special role regarding human rights?

28.     What are the implications of human rights for international relations?

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