The dangers of reducing humans to mere products of evolution from "summary" of The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis
To see through all creatures, even through man himself, to the root from which they spring is to defeat all the seers and sages who have ever lived. If you attempt it, you will find them all rebelling against your theory. Man is not merely a product of evolution, for he possesses a moral sense that transcends his biological makeup. Reducing humans to mere products of evolution devalues their inherent worth and dignity. It deprives them of the ability to make moral judgments and choices, relegating them to the status of automatons driven solely by instinct and genetic programming. This reductionism fails to account for the complexity and depth of human nature, ignoring the spiritual and metaphy...
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