The Abolition Of Man Lewis Analysis

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The Abolition of Man The main argument of “The Abolition of Man” is the idea of natural law and subjectiveness. C. S. Lewis believed that the western world was falling down a path to the destruction of natural law and objective rights and wrongs. He believed that if the western world continued to follow down that path, it would be the destruction of itself. Whether or not that is still happening today is another topic to discuss. C. S. Lewis saw that the belief of subjectivism was being incorporated into the educational system. He believed that if a society accepted such a system of education that taught the ideas of subjectiveness, it would be condemned to destruction. The nature of education is to instill objective virtues in people by