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By Timothy M. Mosteller,Gayne John Anacker

starting with a transparent account of the old atmosphere for The Abolition of Man and its position inside of C.S. Lewis' corpus of writing, Contemporary views on C. S. Lewis' The Abolition of guy: background, Philosophy, schooling and technology assesses and appraises Lewis' seminal lectures, delivering an intensive research of the subjects and matters which are raised.

Chapters concentrate on the main components of concept together with: philosophy, usual legislations, schooling, literature, politics, theology, technological know-how, biotechnology and the relationship among the Ransom Trilogy. Drawing on Lewis' principal rules, they take on questions corresponding to, is The Abolition of Man antagonistic to clinical inquiry? Does Lewis supply an sufficient rational safeguard of typical ethical legislations? Do the lectures deal with the philosophical questions of the twenty first century as Lewis sought to supply solutions to philosophical questions of the twentieth century?

Dealing with subject matters throughout a number of components of human inquiry, the authors carry services from their respective fields to undergo at the middle matters raised in Lewis' lectures. the result's an interdisciplinary process that gives the 1st accomplished scholarly remedy of The Abolition of Man, probably the most debated of Lewis' works.

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