Compassionate Canadians : : Civic Leaders Discuss Human Rights /

Compassionate Canadians : : Civic Leaders Discuss Human Rights / / Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
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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

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