I don't think it was very sophisticated, but I did like it.
"then I'd think he'd have to then answer how he can be certain that this "storage" of the Moral Law could only have been done by God."
I think he is a bit confused here. Lewis argues that if our concience is intelligible and points to real moral truths, then God would explain it. Whether he uses evolution or not to place those morals in us is immaterial.
I am the author of C. S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea: In Defense of the Argument from Reason, published by Inter-Varsity Press. I received a Ph.D in philosophy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1989.
7 Comments:
At March 19, 2009 7:58 PM ,
normajean said...
What do you mean by "critical?" I think it teeters toward laughable =P
At March 20, 2009 5:13 AM ,
SE said...
I agree. There are much better critiques of Lewis.
At March 20, 2009 5:34 AM ,
Anonymous said...
Not really. Just more wordy.
At March 20, 2009 4:38 PM ,
Finney said...
I don't think it was very sophisticated, but I did like it.
"then I'd think he'd have to then answer how he can be certain that this "storage" of the Moral Law could only have been done by God."
I think he is a bit confused here. Lewis argues that if our concience is intelligible and points to real moral truths, then God would explain it. Whether he uses evolution or not to place those morals in us is immaterial.
At March 20, 2009 5:55 PM ,
Ilíon said...
Tut! tut! NormaJean!
At March 21, 2009 7:47 AM ,
normajean said...
Hoo Haa, *lli* to the *on* !
At March 22, 2009 8:52 AM ,
Ilíon said...
psst: there's only one "l"
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