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I haven't read it, but didn't Lewis defend that there is one right set of axioms to choose, the one which is "objectively good"?

• AnimalMuppet 11y ago
  He defended that there is a universal set of values, which are generally in common across almost all ancient religions and philosophies. But I don't think Lewis would be on board with the idea of "objectively good". For example, he said that "this will destroy mankind" can only lead to "don't do this" by way of "mankind should be preserved", which, while clearly common sense and agreed to by all ethical systems, is not necessarily something that you can say is "objectively good". You can't get there by pure reason, because pure reason gives you only an "is", and from an "is" you can't get to an "ought". The only way to the "ought" is what they used to call "practical reason", and that is inherently not just objective. I may be mis-stating this slightly - it's been a while since I read "The Abolition of Man". But what I've said is more or less in the right direction.