Lincoln's tragic pragmatism [electronic resource] : Lincoln, Douglas, and moral conflict / John Burt.
Burt, John, 1955-
2013
E457.4 .B97 2013eb
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Title
Lincoln's tragic pragmatism [electronic resource] : Lincoln, Douglas, and moral conflict / John Burt.
Author
Burt, John, 1955-
ISBN
9780674067332 electronic book
0674067339 electronic book
9780674050181
0674050185
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 814 p.)
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E457.4 .B97 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.7092
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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