My great aunt was a Strong Influence and came out to my montana in a covered wagon and they met lincoln and one of the daughters of one of the great ands aunts decided she would marry this fellow. And one said, he is a democrat. And she said, yes. Said,e other and aunt we would rather you marry a dog. But lincoln was very much in the picture. Anyway, you have already met all of our distinguished panelists. So we are going to have a about the and various topics that have been covered here. And i think, is somebody saying something . Which one, lets of you, i guess we will take questions from the audience. There is a question over there. Yes, some of the lectures have talked about, in their lectures, looking back 150 years ago with 21st century glasses, and either making judgments or whatever. Something has always interested me in reading from that time period, what the United States was like at that time, in the sense that it was incredibly provincial. Most of what we would call america
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Hello . Me . This can you hear and i ams fred martin the president of the Abraham Lincoln student and the other of Abraham Lincolns path to 1864, and im here to moderate the panel of distinguished scholars. And so we will keep it informal. I might say, i got into lincoln unclee my great, great was the head of a regiment of the volunteers and became a major at appomattox for cutting off lees retreat. My great aunt was a Strong Influence and came out to my montana in a covered wagon and they met lincoln and one of the daughters of one of the great ands aunts decided she would marry this fellow. And one said, he is a democrat. And she said, yes. Said,e other and aunt we would rather you marry a dog. But lincoln was very much in the picture. Anyway, you have already met all of our distinguished panelists. So we are going to have a about the and various topics that have been covered here. And i think, is somebody saying something . Which one, lets of you, i guess we will take questions from
It is my pleasure to introduce thomas carson, professor of philosophy at Loyola University in chicago. He is a graduate of Saint Olaf College and brown university. Professor carsons easting teaching and Research Focus on ethics, as his book titles suggest. The status of morality, value and the good life, and lying and deception. Professor carson has a lifelong interest in history, which led him to write his most recent book, lincolns ethics. I had the pleasure of reading it in manuscript. I commend it to your attention. I must admit, i was a bit skeptical when informed that i philosopher, not an historian or political scientist, was writing about lincoln. I have long shared the view expressed by henry adams, who said philosophers offer unintelligible answers to unsolvable problems. I assure you that lincolns ethics offers highly intelligible answers to eminently soluble problems of great interests to students of our 16th president. Please join me in welcoming tom carson. [applause] pro