The President Of The United States - 1503 Words

The president of the United States has great and significant power, with the role of making crucial decisions for each individual citizen and for the nation as a whole. They use their ethical knowledge to determine which decision is best for the people and the documents needed to support it. Abraham Lincoln, one of the country’s most distinguished presidents, was a good human being with the right mindset and morals. His lifestyle shows his moral character and his many choices regarding slavery and the rights of African Americans. Lincoln also possessed many important virtues, like kindness and magnanimity to a high standard. Abraham Lincoln s character led to the decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 which changed the†¦show more content†¦Although he did want slavery to be banished, he was hesitant about following through with his plan because some of the slave states were choosing sides with the Union, and he knew these few states would switch over to the Confederacy if he freed their slaves. His hesitation did not prevent him from pursuing the abolishment of slavery. He knew what he was supposed to do was right and pleasing unto God. ... It is obvious that Christianity exerted a profound influence on his life. His father was a member of Regular Baptist churches in Kentucky and Indiana. Lincoln himself read the Bible throughout his life, quoted from it extensively... during his years as president he did regularly attend the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington. On the other hand, Lincoln never joined a church nor ever made a clear profession of standard Christian beliefs†. Lincoln s friend Jesse Fell [suggested that Lincoln s views on Christian theology] were not orthodox... It is probable that Lincoln was turned against organized Christianity by his experiences as a young man in New Salem, Illinois, where excessive emotion and bitter sectarian quarrels marked yearly camp meetings and the ministry of traveli ng preachers. Yet although Lincoln was not a church member, he did ponder the eternal significance of his own circumstances two weeks after November