LEADER 04337nam 2200673 450 001 9910455814403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-02285-7 010 $a9786612022852 010 $a1-4426-7318-4 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442673182 035 $a(CKB)2420000000003954 035 $a(OCoLC)804815587 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10218720 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000292205 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11212700 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292205 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10274823 035 $a(PQKB)11486187 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600334 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3254815 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671365 035 $a(DE-B1597)464339 035 $a(OCoLC)1013939144 035 $a(OCoLC)944178290 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442673182 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671365 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257080 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL202285 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000003954 100 $a20160923h20032003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCompassionate Canadians $ecivic leaders discuss human rights /$fRhoda E. Howard-Hassmann 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2003. 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (335 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-3664-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Hamilton's Civic Leaders -- $t2. Being Canadian -- $t3. Moral Circumspection and Freedom of Speech -- $t4. A Note on Hate Crimes -- $t5. The Gay Cousin: Learning to Accept Gay Rights -- $t6. Limits to Multiculturalism: Gay Rights, Women's Rights, and Minorities' Rights -- $t7. The Sins of the Fathers: Employment Equity -- $t8. The Duty to Respect: Aboriginal Rights -- $t9. Short Bootstraps: Poverty and Social Responsibility -- $t10. A Comfortable Consensus: Responsibility to Strangers -- $t11. Compassionate Canadians -- $tAppendix: Interview Schedule -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aDo Canadians, as a group, possess a strong ethical code when thinking about human rights issues? They do, according to Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann who has analyzed the responses of 78 civic leaders from Hamilton, Ontario whom she interviewed over several months in 1996 and 1997. Their responses to questions about hate speech, hate crimes, gay and lesbian rights, multiculturalism, employment equity, aboriginal rights, the rights of the poor, and an individual's obligation to 'strangers' ? defined as immigrants, refugees, and people living outside Canada's borders ? revealed deep and complex reasoning about ethical concerns, and exhibited a strong unified sense of what it means to be Canadian.The civic leaders interviewed represented many diverse groups: members of gay and lesbian groups, feminist organizations, aboriginal groups, and leaders of service organizations, private clubs, and patriotic organizations. Slightly more than half were women, and slightly fewer than half were immigrants to Canada.In their responses, these individuals stressed the importance of both belonging to and having obligations to the Canadian community. They highlighted the values of equality, non-discrimination, and multiculturalism, as well as the need to respect everyone living in Canada. For them, there were no absolute individual rights: all rights must be balanced with concern for vulnerable groups in Canada.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. 606 $aHuman rights$zCanada 606 $aCivil rights$zCanada 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHuman rights 615 0$aCivil rights 676 $a323.0971 700 $aHoward-Hassmann$b Rhoda E.$f1948-$0243675 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455814403321 996 $aCompassionate Canadians$92457291 997 $aUNINA