Which C.S. Lewis book presents a critique of modern education and morality?

The Abolition of Man presents C.S. Lewis’s critique of modern education and morality.

Published in 1943, The Abolition of Man developed from three lectures Lewis delivered at the University of Durham. He argued that moral education should not treat values as merely subjective feelings. Instead, he defended an objective moral order, which he called the Tao, as a shared foundation found in different cultural traditions.

The book is structured around three chapters: “Men Without Chests,” “The Way,” and “The Abolition of Man.” Lewis warned that attempts to master nature could ultimately become attempts by some human beings to control others, especially if education discarded stable moral judgments.

The title does not mean that Lewis proposed eliminating humanity. It refers to the possible loss of distinctly human judgment, character, and moral agency. The work is a philosophical essay, not a novel, biography, or direct sequel to any Narnia book.