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 | #1070609 in Books |  Belknap Press |  2013-01-07 |  2012-12-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.32 x1.75 x6.66l,2.68 | File type: PDF | 832 pages

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||17 of 18 people found the following review helpful.| Lincoln as Philosopher|By Robin Friedman|Abraham Lincoln continues to inspire Americans. Beginning with Harry Jaffa's books, "Crisis of the House Divided" (1959) and "A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War" (2004) various scholars have tried to develop what they see as Lincoln's philosophy from the welter of his political speeches and writings.| |John Burt has written a work that every serious student of Lincoln will have to read...Burt refracts Lincoln through the philosophy of Kant, Rawls and contemporary liberal political theory. His is very much a Lincoln for our time. (Steven B. Smith Ne

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, John Burt contends that the very legitimacy of democratic governance was on the line. In a United States stubbornly divided over ethical issues, the overarching question posed by the Lincoln-Douglas debates has not lost its urgency: Can a liberal...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism: Lincoln, Douglas, and Moral Conflict   |  John Burt.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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