some of the actions that lincoln should have performe eperformed need to be utilitarians to reject these criticisms of lincoln. let's turn now to lincoln's character. abraham lincoln is generally regarded as a singularly good and virtuous human being. he walked many miles from his store to return a few pennies to someone who had been overcharged. he was an exceptionally kind person who was moved by compassion and justice. lincoln was a resolute and determined commander and chief despite his great awareness and compassion for the immense suffering caused by the american civil war. the mythical abraham lincoln was a wonderful human being. does he deserve his reputation as a morally good person? my book addresses this question at great length. today, i'll give you the short of it. lincoln possessed many important moral virtues, some such as k d kindness, but many people deny he was an unusually good human being. the most damning criticism is the charge which a he was a racist. my conclusion is that the lincoln myth is accurate for the most part. cynics would be surprised and confounded by h