Liberty and Responsibility. (February 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bastid-Bruguière, Marianne
• Is Part Of: Diogenes. Volume 64:Number 1/2(2017)
• Page Start: 25
• Page End: 28
• Publication Date: 2017-02
• Subjects: Human rights -- individual liberty -- freedom limitation -- responsibility -- global ethic -- Zhang Pengchun -- Jean-François Billeter; Philosophy -- Periodicals; Humanities -- Periodicals; 001
• DOI: 10.1177/03921921221080808
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0392-1921

Abstract

Although China adopted in 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights largely inspired by her delegate Zhang Pengchun (1892–1957), individual liberty remains a key issue in cultural dialogues between China and Europe. However, culture is an ongoing process with no territorial boundaries, affecting every human being differently. European freedom is becoming increasingly restricted the more it focuses on meeting social and environmental needs. More broadly, the concept of responsibility that expresses solidarity between humans, belongs to all cultures and could provide the common norm of a global ethic.