Interesting, but flawed argument, religious in nature (Lewis). Moral relativism has its drawbacks but moral absolutism was much more about conditioning and exercising the will of the few over the many than the doubt that came after. Celebrate not being certain
Also highly recommend “The Ethics of Beauty,” another phenomenal Orthodox book on this subject. It’s funny, when I was first exposed to Orthodoxy, I realized that everything I loved about CS Lewis was basically lifted directly out of Orthodox Christianity. The grass truly is greener!
If you haven’t read “Christ the Eternal Tao,” by Eastern Orthodox Hieromonk Damascene, you’re in for a treat.
Interesting, but flawed argument, religious in nature (Lewis). Moral relativism has its drawbacks but moral absolutism was much more about conditioning and exercising the will of the few over the many than the doubt that came after. Celebrate not being certain
Also highly recommend “The Ethics of Beauty,” another phenomenal Orthodox book on this subject. It’s funny, when I was first exposed to Orthodoxy, I realized that everything I loved about CS Lewis was basically lifted directly out of Orthodox Christianity. The grass truly is greener!
This reminded me of a poem I wrote a while ago. https://open.substack.com/pub/otiliajones/p/the-battle-of-the-blind?r=1sjuyz&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
Donald Trump and rational should never be used in the same sentence.