Subjectivism

The most striking part of this piece for me was when Lewis talks about people and societies choosing their own ideologies to live by. In my opinion, I think that it is very bad for people to choose their own morals and ideologies because often times it doesn't end so well for all parties. Its a slippery slope because they see it as right but outsiders may see it as bad or even a cult. He then cites Nazi Germany as an example of a group of people who chose their own ideology and ended up killing millions and millions of people who didnt fall correctly into that ideology.

This essay was powerful becaus eit made so many good points, almost too many to mention. Lewis states " Unless the measuring rod is independent of the things measured, we can do no measuring." Basically what this means is that you can't be biased when talking about moral ideas.

On the closing pages of this essay Lewis really sums everything up with a very simple quote, "God is not merely good, but goodness; goodness is not merely divine, but God." This quote really put everything into proportion for me, put simply, God is good and great and we must NEVER forget that. He put us in this world to thrive asa race and sometimes I think people forget that God can see everything and that he loves us all. It is good to keep this in mind during everyday life because when things go bad and you have no human to turn to you have God, he will always listen and will always be there.