The Abolition of Man
by C. S. Lewis
Three lectures on moral education: 'men without chests', the Tao (the common moral law across cultures), and the warning that conquering nature ends in conquering human nature itself. Sixty pages, dense and prophetic about technology and values.
Read it if…
you want a short, serious argument about objective values.
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Skip it if…
you want an easy read; it is compressed philosophy.
Try instead: The Reason for God →
Three things you will actually use
- We make men without chests and expect virtue.
- The Tao is the ground, not an option.
- Power over nature is power of some men over others.
Do this first
Read the first lecture and the appendix of moral parallels.
Our verdict
Sixty prophetic pages.
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