本文作者嘗試在對於發展中之三個世代的人權觀念以及當代港台新儒家的人權關懷進行初步的理解之後，分別從三個方面：人文主義的人權觀、闡發文化價值的自由學說與以理性為主的人權哲學，探尋與反思唐君毅對於現代自由人權觀念的種種啓發見解。唐君毅推舉理想主義所訴諸人的普遍理性可以作為自由主義的理論根據，更推崇儒學的自由精神，即表現在孔子為仁由己的人格自由、儒家自尊尊人的大平等精神、以及和融貫通而充實圓滿的人文精神所顯現的寬容性格與可能開展的民主涵養。

With some primary understanding on the ideas of human rights that are developed by people of three generations and on the related concerns of contemporary Hong Kong and Taiwanese Confucians, the writer tries to explore and reflect on Tang Jun Yi's enlightenment and understanding about the modem ideas of liberty and human rights through three different perspectives: humanistic ideas about human rights, the doctrine of liberty that explicates cultural values, and the reason-oriented philosophy of human rights. Tang Jun Yi upheld the idealists' universal reason as the theoretical foundation of liberalism and commended the Confucian liberal spirits of liberty, equality, humanistic tolerance and democratic immanence.