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 - EBSCOhost CN - E457.4 PB - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, PP - Cambridge, Mass. : PY - 2013. ID - 456019 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://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=502794 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=502794 ER -