Ebook: The Rights Revolution

Since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, human rights have become the dominant language of the public good around the globe. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Canada. The long-standing fights for aboriginal rights, the linguistic heritage of French-speaking Canadians, and same-sex marriage have steered the country into a full-blown "rights revolution"--One that is being watched carefully around the world. Are group rights jeopardizing individual rights? When everyone asserts his or her rights, what happens to collective responsibility? Can families surv.;Preface; 1 Democracy and the Rights Revolution; 2 Human Rights and Human Differences; 3 The Pool Table or the Patchwork Quilt: Individual and Group Rights; 4 Rights, Intimacy, and Family Life; 5 Rights, Recognition, and Nationalism; Notes; Bibliography; Index.