The Abolition of Man

Short review: I probably need to read this again. It is short and I was recommended it as a place to start me thinking about Natural Theology. I am pretty skeptical about natural theology and this did not really help me. I listened to it on audiobook while I was doing housework one afternoon, so I was not as engaged as it may have required. But also the basic argument seemed familiar and not completely compelling.

I understand how this relates to natural law, but in the end it seems circular and dependent upon already agreeing to the premise.

My main issue with natural law is that it seems inherently cultural and that a different culture could easily come up with different line of reasoning in natural law. And some of the historical and modern examples of natural law reasoning are frankly repulsive.

Lewis as always is helpful, but he is not directly addressing this issue and while I get his basic idea, he seems to be speaking against relativism, more than anything else. I am not a believer in relativism, just one that is skeptical of natural law.

I would appreciate any suggestions.