tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508444670490778494.post1151674531219099630..comments2023-04-15T01:14:50.228-07:00Comments on Rebel by nature, Righteous by force: Uncommon SenseHowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707181627588121525noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508444670490778494.post-62252075188984727452008-05-29T06:12:00.000-07:002008-05-29T06:12:00.000-07:00Lewis was a genius.Lewis was a genius.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16504238047156860312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508444670490778494.post-65801032753520260182008-05-28T10:52:00.000-07:002008-05-28T10:52:00.000-07:00To quote from a review of Lewis' "The Abolition of...To quote from a review of Lewis' "The Abolition of Man":<BR/><BR/>"Suppose that the 'subjectivists' succeed and they destroy very the concept of objective value. What will they erect in its place? The answer of course must be that whoever wields temporal power at any given moment will get to define and impose their own version of "morality". It is the appeal to such 'Law' that enables us to convict Nazi war criminals even though they were "following orders." We understand that it is possible for a legal order to be "unlawful". This is because we, all of us regardless of our rhetoric, believe in the 'rightness' of such objective values. When we truly stop believing, then it will be up to the state, as the only power left, to both pass laws and define morality. The state itself will "Condition" behavior. At that point, ALL orders will be lawful. All actions of the state will be permissible. All that remains to be determined is the character of the state and what behavior it will mandate:<BR/><BR/> Man's final conquest has proved to be the abolition of Man.<BR/><BR/>Having abandoned objective values, men leave themselves prey to the diktats of other, more powerful, men, thereby ceasing to be Man at all. They are no longer made in God's image, but in the image of whomever rules them at that moment. One needn't be religious to see the tragic nature of this turn of events.<BR/><BR/>This rise of subjectivism or moral relativism is the single most important trend in Modern Times. Virtually all of our other problems stem from this rotten seed".Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13707181627588121525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508444670490778494.post-81311948827141745672008-05-27T22:56:00.000-07:002008-05-27T22:56:00.000-07:00You have packed a lot of truth in a small case. Mu...You have packed a lot of truth in a small case. Much of the scientific community feels the need to give their truths room to breath.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16504238047156860312noreply@blogger.com