Compassionate Canadians : : Civic Leaders Discuss Human Rights / / Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann.
Do 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 ques...
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2003 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Hamilton's Civic Leaders
- 2. Being Canadian
- 3. Moral Circumspection and Freedom of Speech
- 4. A Note on Hate Crimes
- 5. The Gay Cousin: Learning to Accept Gay Rights
- 6. Limits to Multiculturalism: Gay Rights, Women's Rights, and Minorities' Rights
- 7. The Sins of the Fathers: Employment Equity
- 8. The Duty to Respect: Aboriginal Rights
- 9. Short Bootstraps: Poverty and Social Responsibility
- 10. A Comfortable Consensus: Responsibility to Strangers
- 11. Compassionate Canadians
- Appendix: Interview Schedule
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index