TY  - GEN
N2  - In their famous debates, Lincoln and Douglas struggled with how to behave when an ethical conflict like slavery strained democracy's commitment to rule by both consent and principle. What conscience demands and what it can persuade others to agree to are not always the same. Ultimately, this tragic limitation of liberalism led Lincoln to war.
AB  - In their famous debates, Lincoln and Douglas struggled with how to behave when an ethical conflict like slavery strained democracy's commitment to rule by both consent and principle. What conscience demands and what it can persuade others to agree to are not always the same. Ultimately, this tragic limitation of liberalism led Lincoln to war.
T1  - Lincoln's tragic pragmatismLincoln, Douglas, and moral conflict /
DA  - 2013.
CY  - Cambridge, Mass. :
AU  - Burt, John,
CN  - Harvard University Press
CN  - E457.4
PB  - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
PP  - Cambridge, Mass. :
PY  - 2013.
ID  - 1398542
KW  - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858.
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Slavery
SN  - 9780674067332
SN  - 0674067339
TI  - Lincoln's tragic pragmatismLincoln, Douglas, and moral conflict /
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