Tag: Tao

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 26, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Tagged
, biotechnology, C.S. Lewis, Judeo-Christian tradition, magic, morality, prophecy, Science, scientists, Tao, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Conditioners, theism, twins}

Science and Scientism: The Prophetic Vision of C. S. Lewis

_{James A. Herrick
August 26, 2020

Bioethics, Ethics

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This essay has argued that Lewis was prophetic as regards the advent of techniques powerful enough to bring about the effects he feared. Read More ›

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 23, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, Arthur C. Clarke, Back to Methuselah, C.H. Waddington, C.S. Lewis, Darwinism, eugenics, evolution, Francis Galton, George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, J.B.S. Haldane, Olaf Stapledon, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, Possible Worlds, science fiction, scientism, Tao, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The World}

C. S. Lewis, Science, and Science Fiction

_{James A. Herrick
August 23, 2020

Bioethics, Technology

19}

Was C. S. Lewis an enemy of science? The apparent answer to this question is no. Read More ›

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 22, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, biotechnology, C.S. Lewis, education, experimentation, human race, Men without Chests, Nature, propaganda, Tao, That Hideous Strength, The Conditioners}

Why C. S. Lewis Wrote The Abolition of Man

_{James A. Herrick
August 22, 2020

Bioethics

5}

Lewis’s deep suspicion of modernist educational projects, subjectivism about morality, and progressive scientific planning animates these lectures. Read More ›

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Author
Cameron Wybrow

Date
August 20, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, Aristotle, books, Bracton College, C.S. Lewis, college, education, educators, Gaius, Homer, literature, Mark Studdock, Marketing, poets, progressive, Saint Augustine, Socrates, Tao, That Hideous Strength, theologians, Titius, Western civilization}

Concluding Thoughts on That Hideous Strength

_{Cameron Wybrow
August 20, 2020

Bioethics

6}

What was possible for Mark Studdock — the realization that much of contemporary civilization is built on lies — is still possible for any thoughtful person. Read More ›

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Author
Cameron Wybrow

Date
August 19, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Sociology
Tagged
, beauty, Bracton College, C.H. Waddington, C.S. Lewis, England, Gaius, Greek, humanity, Jane Studdock, Latin, literature, Macrobes, Mark Studdock, N.I.C.E., scientism, Tao, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Conditioners, The Green Book, Titius, virtue}

The Education of Mark Studdock in That Hideous Strength

_{Cameron Wybrow
August 19, 2020

Bioethics, Ethics, Sociology

29}

Mark is lured away from his teaching position at Bracton College to become part of the massive research effort known as the N.I.C.E. Read More ›

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Author
Cameron Wybrow

Date
August 18, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aristotle, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, debunking, England, English, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gaius, Hinduism, literature, Men without Chests, pedagogy, Plato, propaganda, Saint Augustine, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, sublime, Tao, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Conditioners, The Green Book, Titius, values, Wheaton College}

The Main Argument of The Abolition of Man

_{Cameron Wybrow
August 18, 2020

Bioethics, Philosophy

17}

Lewis foresees a class of men called “the Conditioners.” The Conditioners have “seen through” all attempts to ground behaviour in any ultimate truth. Read More ›