In the article, Lincoln and the Ethics of Emancipation: Universalism, Nationalism, Exceptionalism by Dorothy Ross, Ross argues that a particular political position came to be adopted by Lincoln and the Republicans during the Civil War. This position not only offered a moral justification for the Union but also envisioned a particular political order for the United States. What is this political position? How does it refocus American nationalism and democracy?

In the article, Lincoln and the Ethics of Emancipation: Universalism, Nationalism, Exceptionalism by Dorothy Ross, Ross argues that a particular political position came to be adopted by Lincoln and the Republicans during the Civil War. This position not only offered a moral justification for the Union but also envisioned a particular political order for the United States. What is this political position? How does it refocus American nationalism and democracy?