Title
Abraham Lincoln and the Ethics of Emancipation
Document Type
Video File
Duration
1 hour 23 minutes 5 seconds
Publication Date
5-10-2014
Disciplines
American Politics | Ethics and Political Philosophy | Political History | United States History
Abstract
In this lecture, Dorothy Ross discusses the ethical dimensions of Lincoln’s politics of emancipation and nationalism. She explains how universalist ethical principles informed Lincoln’s nationalism and examines how the intertwining of human rights and allegiance to the nation were essential to Lincoln’s political thought.
Recommended Citation
Ross, Dorothy and Valls, Andrew, "Abraham Lincoln and the Ethics of Emancipation" (2014). Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War. Video File. Submission 8.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/lincoln/8
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Comments
Lecturer: Dorothy Ross; Discussant: Andrew Valls.
This lecture was part of the conference The Political Thought of Abraham Lincoln, which took place May 8-10, 2014 at Linfield College.
Sponsored by the Linfield College Frederick Douglass Forum on Law, Rights, & Justice, the Jereld R. Nicholson Library, and the Linfield College Office of Academic Affairs.