Which C.S. Lewis book was first published in 1943 as a critique of modern education and moral relativism?
Answer
The Abolition of Man
The Abolition of Man was first published in 1943 as C.S. Lewis's critique of modern education and moral relativism.
The book developed from three lectures Lewis delivered at the University of Durham in 1943. He argued that education should not merely train students to express subjective feelings, but should cultivate reason, character, and recognition of objective value.
Lewis used the term “the Tao” for a cross-cultural body of basic moral principles. The work is nonfiction and philosophical, not a fantasy novel. Readers sometimes group it with his explicitly apologetic books, but its central focus is education, moral formation, and the consequences of rejecting objective values.