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‘The Abolition of Man’ Ch. 3: Misguided, Progress Can Become Regress

‘Conditioners’ use technology to control humanity in the last chapter of this groundbreaking essay.
‘The Abolition of Man’ Ch. 3: Misguided, Progress Can Become Regress
C.S. Lewis discusses the bad effects of Conditioners in Ch. 3 of his essay, "The Abolition of Man." Man is capable of bringing about the dawn of a new era, a world where humans shape the destiny of humanity. Shutterstock AI Generator
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C.S.Lewis’s trailblazing three-chapter essay, “The Abolition of Man” uses the characters Gaius and Titius to skewer moral relativists of his day. His scathing critique unmasks their manifesto on morality as no more than a canon of convenience.
Following his takedown of propagandist “Educators” and their “Green Book” in his first chapter, and moral relativist “Innovators” in his second chapter, Lewis’s final chapter tears into “Conditioners.” He means men, or humans, supposedly technological masters of their destiny.
Rudolph Lambert Fernandez
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Rudolph Lambert Fernandez is an independent writer who writes on pop culture.