Lincoln''s Tragic Pragmatism - Lincoln, Douglas, and Moral Conflict

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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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• Authors: John Burt, Burt John
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.07.2018
• EAN: 9780674983991
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98399-1
• No. of pages: 832
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, History, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), c 1800 to c 1900, social and political philosophy, Political leaders & leadership, Political structures: democracy, Popular philosophy, United States of America, USA, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Specific wars and campaigns, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies