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

• Autore: Howard-Hassmann Rhoda E. <1948->
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2003; ©2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (335 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.0971
• Soggetto topico: Human rights - Canada; Civil rights - Canada
• Soggetto geografico: Kanada; Canada
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Compassionate Canadians
• ISBN: 1-282-02285-7; 9786612022852; 1-4426-7318-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806968903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II