TY - BOOK AU - Howard-Hassmann,Rhoda E. TI - Compassionate Canadians: civic leaders discuss human rights SN - 9781442673182 AV - JC599.C2 H69 2003eb U1 - 323/.0971 22 PY - 2003/// CY - Toronto PB - University of Toronto Press KW - Human rights KW - Canada KW - Civil rights KW - Droits de l'homme KW - Droits de l'homme (Droit international) KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Political Freedom & Security KW - Civil Rights KW - bisacsh KW - Human Rights KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Philanthropy & Charity KW - fast KW - Bürgerrecht KW - gnd KW - Mensenrechten KW - gtt KW - Ethische aspecten KW - Kanada KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-303) and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=468015 ER -