Stunning and prophetic, The Abolition of Man remains one of C.S. Lewis’s most controversial works. Lewis sets out to persuade his audience of the present-day importance and relevance of universal objective values, such as courage and honor, and the fundamental need for natural law in contemporary society. He also makes a compelling case that removing one of these pillars from our educational system, even “in the name of science,” would be catastrophic. As striking as it is prophetic, this book is, among Lewis’s extraordinary works, one of the most debated. National Review ranks it at number seven in its “100 best non-fiction books of the 20th century.”
