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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806968903321

Autore

Howard-Hassmann Rhoda E. <1948->

Titolo

Compassionate Canadians : civic leaders discuss human rights / / Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-282-02285-7

9786612022852

1-4426-7318-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Disciplina

323.0971

Soggetti

Human rights - Canada

Civil rights - Canada

Electronic books.

Kanada

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Hamilton's civic leaders -- Being Canadian -- Moral circumspection and freedom of speech -- A note on hate crimes -- The gay cousin: learning to accept gay rights -- Limits to multiculturalism: gay rights, women's rights, and minorities' rights -- The sins of the fathers: employment equity -- The duty to respect: aboriginal rights -- Short bootstraps: poverty and social responsibility -- A comfortable consensus: responsibility to strangers -- Compassionate Canadians.

Sommario/riassunto

Understanding the moral reasoning of these civic leaders helps to illuminate the moral consensus among ordinary Canadian citizens around the formal human rights laws that govern Canada. It also illustrates the sort of human rights policies that Canadians are likely to support.