The Abolition of Man

Type: Book

The Abolition of Man is a 1943 book by C. S. Lewis. Subtitled "Reflections on education with special reference to the teaching of English in the upper forms of schools", it uses a contemporary text about poetry as a starting point for a defense of objective value and natural law. Lewis goes on to warn readers about the consequences of doing away with ideas of objective value. It defends "man's power over nature" as something worth pursuing, but criticizes the use of it to debunk values, the valu

Author: C. S. Lewis

Published: 1943

Publisher: The Macmillan company

Subjects: Study and teaching (Secondary), Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

ISBN: 9780060652944

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