The Abolition Of Man by C.S. Lewis | Book Review | Explained

The Abolition Of Man by C.S. Lewis | Book Review | Explained
In a world where feelings dictate value and truth, it will not take long to see the abandonment of traditional moral virtues. This abandoning of traditional virtues will ultimately lead to the abolition of man.

The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis

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[joyce]

Reading this book as part of a Hillsdale College class. I love it so much I am doing a deep dive on it. I read it, then reread it and underlined and now I am taking notes 📝

[stanleysmythe]

The Abolition of Man is a staple of our Comparative Religions/Philosophy class since 2001. I agree w/ your assessment. It is the central most important work of 20th c. philosophy, hands down. It’s predictions are sadly coming true, however, high school seniors can understand and embrace this argument, thereby turning the relativistic tide toward an objective moral reality. There logically must be accessible objective truth for any value judgment to be rational.

[Gweidemann]

"A Christian Manifesto" by Francis Schaeffer is also considered by some truthfully reliable sources to be very historically insightful.

[paulsmith]

The Abolition of Man is indeed brilliant. Very important, still very, very topical, and remarkably easy to read.

[johnseivers]

The abolition of man is a response to 'The Control of Language' also 'The great divorce' was a response to William Blake's poetry collection The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. My question is are there any other Lewis' books that were responses to other books? I just finished Screwtape and am starting the AoM. TIA.

[DankDawson]

Great review. This is a really good summation of what he’s trying to show us!

[ratdog]

Remember the "greatest" political campaign slogan "Hope and Change"! Yeah exactly hoping for what and changing what?

[markraftis]

Thank you for the review I now need to read it.

[peterbrennan]

The concept that current society would read, much less understand, this book is sadly flawed. I wish that was not the case but there is no question it is. Our culture has embraced relativism as a religion and Old Scratch chortles with glee

[jimvick]

If I recall, "The problem of pain" wasn't shabby either...

[PedroViaud-ev]

Masculinity is spiritual, Jesus was a perfect man because his moral principles came from the Father, having no chest is having no virtue

[Jupiter]

Im speaking entirely on opinion - but in ephesians st paul says to wear the breastlate of rightouesness. I believe cs lewis thought of this when he said men with out chests.

[michellefrench]

Any tips for how to begin this book if you feel you are in over your head: thanks