The Magician's Twin: C.S. Lewis and the Case Against Scientism, Pt. 2

Episode 1349 August 26, 2020 00:16:42
The Magician's Twin: C.S. Lewis and the Case Against Scientism, Pt. 2
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The Magician's Twin: C.S. Lewis and the Case Against Scientism, Pt. 2

Aug 26 2020 | 00:16:42

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Show Notes

On this episode of ID the Future, we bring you the second half of John West's documentary The Magician's Twin: C. S. Lewis and the Case Against Scientism. Lewis wrote with great concern about scientism’s totalitarian potential, but never more prophetically than in That Hideous Strength, published 75 years ago this month, in which scientists forget the limits of their discipline, cast off ethical restraints, and assume control of public policy. According to Lewis, science steps dangerously outside its bounds when it assumes it has all knowledge, especially moral knowledge.

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