Dr. CHAN, Shing Bun Benedict
Position
Associate Professor

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Tel
3411-7290

Room
CEC 1006

ORCID
0000-0002-5884-4594

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Qualification & Experience
Teaching
Research
Associate Director, Centre for Applied Ethics

Degrees: Ph.D., University of Maryland, U.S.A.
MA, Philosophy, University of Maryland, U.S.A.
BS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A.

Work Experience: Tulane University, U.S.A.
Hang Seng Management College, Hong Kong


Courses Taught: GCHC 1075 The Power of Ideas
GCVM 1017 Freedom in Modern Society
GCVM 1036 Human Rights in a Multicultural World
LSE 7010 Approaches to the Study of Values
LSE 7140 Law, Liberty & Morality
RELI 2035 Introduction to Ethics
RELI 3045 Contemporary Ethical Problems: Hong Kong and Beyond
RELI 4006 Comparative Philosophy: East and West
RELI 4066 Ethics of Human Rights: Theories and Controversies

Teaching Areas: Contemporary Moral Issues
Philosophy of Human Rights
Political Philosophy: East and West


Research Areas: Social and Political Philosophy; Applied Ethics and Moral Philosophy; Comparative Philosophy (Chinese and Western)

Current Projects: Philosophical Investigation of the Ethics of Human Rights
Confucian Animal Ethics and Its Practical Application
Moral Issues of Public Health and Technology

Selected Outputs: Enhanced Interrogation, Consequential Evaluation, and Human Rights to Health. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 16(3), 455-461. 2019.
A Preliminary Consequential Evaluation of the Roles of Cultures in Human Rights Debates. Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions, 8(1), 163-182. 2019.
East Asia: Challenges to Political Rights. In Jay Drydyk & Lori Keleher (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Development Ethics (pp. 382-386). New York: Routledge. 2019
Animal Ethics, International Animal Protection and Confucianism. Global Policy, 6(2), 172-175. 2015.
A Human Rights Debate on Physical Security, Political Liberty, and the Confucian Tradition. Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, 13(4), 567-588. 2014

Selected Research Grants: A Philosophical Investigation of the Ethics of Human Rights to Health, Early Career Scheme (ECS), Research Grants Council, HKD $200,000, 20172019, role: PI
Augmenting Physical Learning Spaces with Location-based Services Using iBeacon Technology for Engaging Learning Experiences, Funding Scheme for Teaching and Learning Related Proposals, No. PolyU1/T&L/16-19, University Grants Committee, HKD $ 12,321,533 (HKBU’s Portion: $1,211,000), 20172020, Charles Man-sing WONG (PI), Benedict Shing Bun Chan (Co-I of the project; Project Leader of HKBU’s Portion)