權利與義務，孰先孰後？──亞洲價值的論證對人權教育之啟示

Which Comes First: Rights or Obligations?──A Revelation on Human Rights Education Through the Argumentation of Asian Values

亞洲價值與《世界人權宣言》之對抗，在人權概念之普世性與相對性上有相當重要的啟示地位，於其中有許多的權利義務議題，是人權教育中相當重要、可進行論證的概念，然而在國內人權教育上尚未有針對亞洲價值之引介，這是本文期盼可開啟之討論窗口。身處於東亞，繼受儒家文化價值傳統涵養的臺灣，可藉由針對亞洲價值內涵的分析，更細部地思考權利與義務之優先順序、經濟發展與人權之先後價值、自由與社群主義之折衝等問題。透過亞洲價值與其中所表彰的儒家文化探究，即為人權教育本身概念之再反思與探索。

The clash between Asian values and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights implies a crucial revelation regarding the universality and relativity of the human rights concept. Various issues on rights and obligations are notions critical to human rights education, which warrant further discussion. The concept of Asian values has not been introduced in Taiwan’s human rights education and is the subject of this study. Located in East Asia and immersed in the cultural values and traditional virtues of Confucianism, the people of Taiwan may opt to analyze the connotations of Asian values to carefully consider the order of priorities between rights and obligations, the ranking of values between economic development and human rights, and the compromise between personal freedom and communitarianism. By examining Asian values and the Confucian culture commended by these values, the concept of human rights education were revisited and re-explored.