Dismissal of Objectivity and Truly

¶ … dismissal of objectivity and truly open-minded thought processes may pose the end of humanity. According to C.S. Lewis, they do. By posing as God and conquering nature, as opposed to working alongside nature, humans will consume ourselves. No, not by means of cannibalism, but more the objective to subjective shift that C.S. Lewis sees as apparent within this concluding chapter of the Abolition of Man.

"Conditioners" herein pose the mental constraints that determine this objective / subjective split. They also consume and corrode our mental processes, focus them solely on the I, extort all sense of reason, and then self implode. Humanity annihilates itself. In a downward spiral, this butterfly effect employed within this objective / subjective split creates obstacles and problems rather than curing or resolving them. Yes, this shift from progressive to oppressive forcefully exists here.

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"Man's final conquest has proved to be the abolition of Man" (III, 77).

"Conditioners" herein stand as the antagonists to Objectivity. Furthermore, the conditioners provide the archenemy to impartial, fair-minded, objective thought. Upon these conditioners renouncing any acknowledgement or suggestion toward objectivity, like rats in a cage, so do men play similar subjects. Moreover, where you see one rat, there are a thousand more nearby hiding. As time progresses, in this objective state, men will begin to closely parallel this quality, entirely relinquishing all authority while ceasing to be accountable as men entirely.

Having abandoned objective values, men leave themselves prey to the dictates of other, more powerful, men, thereby ceasing to be Man at all. They are no longer made in God's image, but in the image of whomever rules them at that moment. One needn't be religious to see the tragic nature of this turn of events.

"If you will not obey the Tao, or else commit suicide, obedience to impulse (and therefore in the long run, to mere 'nature') is the only course left open."

The Tao represents the significance of and belief in objectivity, symbolizing objective value. The Tao also represents Natural Law. Without this set of beliefs would only end in fatalism and nihilism, then a numb apathy, resulting in utter stoicism. In Lewis' favor here, whoever commands supreme material influence, which becomes ultimate control and power, will establish his authority and inflict while exploiting a new and altered sense of morality onto others present. That is, in the moment, or until another pleads "Anarchy!" before taking over and inflicting his raw morals.

The authentic morals behind what are genuinely considered justice, also symbolized by the Tao, are shifting. Man consumes himself here by selfishly yet blindly carrying on as a conqueror mindlessly on a mission as opposed to a team-player. Men are falling away from the standard of justice, the Tao, to a new class of man, one that has claimed everything and will conquer himself.

Man has found ways to defy gravity, generate specific life, and try to conquer death; this is what leads man to strive toward conquering nature, and trying to conquer nature is what makes man conquer himself. Lewis explains this, accordingly, as man deceiving himself. With these scientific advances over nature becomes a "power exercised by some men over other men with nature as their instrument." This is leading to man's domination of some men over other men. These attitudes result in a loss of values and a loss of ideals of Tao.

Conclusion

The dismissal of objectivity and truly open-minded thought processes, thereby declaring the rise of moral relativism (subjectivity) constitutes the main thematic throughout. In a downward spiral, this butterfly effect employed within this objective / subjective split creates obstacles and problems rather than curing or resolving them. This shift from progressive to oppressive exists, too: Self-absorbed life in the United States.

Consider a typical corporation. A rushed CEO runs into a difficulty that he cannot solve, so he then regards it as trivial whilst he hastily turns to the employee directly under him to solve it. Accordingly, he has a bad day as well while he vents this frustration and unsolvable problem to the next in line. The Domino Effect.