C.S. Lewis and the Moral Law
In his book, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis discusses what he calls the "Moral Law." This argues that there is something at the root of us all, telling us the difference between right and wrong. Something that is beyond what is only taught by society.
This is the value that would make my Socialist Anarchic Uber-Liberal Utopia possible. With this Moral Law, all humans have the same root moral values. If other values could be compromised for the sake of other humans and society, the utopia could be possible.
This is the value that would make my Socialist Anarchic Uber-Liberal Utopia possible. With this Moral Law, all humans have the same root moral values. If other values could be compromised for the sake of other humans and society, the utopia could be possible.
Labels: balanced, c.s. lewis, freedom, politics, utopia
posted by EDavis at 04:14
2 Comments:
Yet this state could never be achieved. Though humans may have some moral "code" which may or may not be intrinsec in the nature, their is no way to be sure of conformity to this code. It is simply moral, and in reality, has no consequences once broken. If we want some Utopian state, it only takes one logical (or illogical, depending on how you look at it) to realize that they could take whatever they wanted if they deviated from this code. This would lead to others trying to protect themselves by breaking the code once again. This is the main flaw of any anarchist philosophy, every human will not act in accordance to the moral law, and there is no way to defend it. This is why the only practicle system is a legal one, for breaking a legal code leads us to oblivious punishments, thus it can be enforced.
True, but if all humans held the moral law as a value, their own interests would fall behind society's. Unfortunately, though, with society as it is today, there could never be a complete, government-less transformation to a utopia, and humans are too concerned with self-interest to change. Perhaps it is our evolutionary trait: stay alive. But, if everyone firmly valued the moral code above themselves (not possible), it would hypothetically work.
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