The essay was to sketch the possible background factors for the promotion of human rights in Taiwan. The authors of this essay took an optimistic stance. It was argued that human rights idea in Taiwan would be accepted without too many difficulties, and Taiwan would become a society in which human rights are respected. The reason for the authors' optimism is threefold. First, the mainstream of Taiwan's cultural inheritance, i.e. Confucianism, is compatible with the notion of human rights. This paves the way for the acceptance of rights-talk and its popularity. Second, it was suggested that Western philosophy of education was well-received in the last few decades by Taiwan's educationalists. As it has been the underlying guideline for educational practice, the values it advocates, such as individual liberty, equity, democratic way of life, have also been well taken. It therefore makes the task of promoting human rights in Taiwan's education relatively less difficult. Third, it was pointed out that the Taiwanese elite, owing to their inferiority complex, are wide open to the Western values, and the open-door mentality provides a niche for the well reception of human rights idea. Taking the three factors together, the authors claimed that both human rights education and the protection of human rights in daily life would be advancing in a desirable way.