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 - ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete CN - E457.4 PB - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, PP - Cambridge, Mass. : PY - 2013. ID - 1398543 KW - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858. KW - Democracy KW - Slavery SN - 9780674067332 SN - 0674067339 TI - Lincoln's tragic pragmatismLincoln, Douglas, and moral conflict / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10642238 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10642238 ER -