1. Critique of: ""Value Consensus" in Democracy: The Issue in
Jaffa presents historical data in his critique of the debates between Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln in the late 1850's. Jaffa discusses how these debates provided a dialectical preview of the Civil War and how these debates established the policy of Lincoln in his 1860 presidential campaign. Also, Jaffa portrays the positions of both Douglas and Lincoln concerning the issue of slavery and state rights. ... Harry Jaffa presents an adequate argument regarding his positions on who was morally right in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Jaffa is able to show th...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate