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

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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...

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Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism: Lincoln, Douglas, ...

by John Burt

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In 1858, challenger Abraham Lincoln debated incumbent Stephen Douglas seven times in the race for a U.S. Senate seat from Illinois. More was at stake than slavery in those debates. In Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism,...

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