Which C.S. Lewis book argues that modern education can undermine objective values?

The Abolition of Man argues that modern education can undermine objective values. C.S. Lewis’s short book was published in 1943 after being delivered as the Riddell Memorial Lectures at the University of Durham.

Lewis’s argument focuses on moral education and the danger of treating value judgments as merely subjective feelings. He defends what he calls the Tao, a term he uses for a cross-cultural body of basic moral principles. In his view, rejecting objective value can produce people who are technologically powerful but morally diminished.

The book is often confused with Mere Christianity because both discuss Christian and moral ideas, but their purposes differ. The Abolition of Man is a compact philosophical critique of educational and intellectual trends. Its three parts are titled “Men Without Chests,” “The Way,” and “The Abolition of Man.”