The Poison of Subjectivism

In this essay Lewis talks about how moral law is universal. Most religions have come to the conclusion that there is only one moral law. There are always exceptions though. Some peoples morals get so twisted that they think some immoral things are okay. Take Hitler for example. He did was he thought was right to do. To him, Jews were not even human, and he was doing humanity a favor. He wasn't committing a genocide.. he was exterminating a harmful plague on the earth. His basic morals were twisted so much that he became blind.

I was asking my Atheist friend about a basic moral law yesterday and he said even he agrees to some kind of standard moral law. He agreed that you are at least born with some sort of knowing of what right and wrong are. It can be changed though. Through your upbringing and events you have been through you can become immune to basic moral law. I think you parents and close relationships greatly affect your understanding of Moral Law. Even cannibals must feel some remorse when they first start killing. As time goes on, and they kill more. They are taught that it's okay to do. They become desensitized to it.

God instills all of us some kind of basic understanding of what is right and wrong. Your upbringing definitely builds on it and refines it, but the basics are in your heart. Even if someone was to grow up on an island with no human contact they would have some basic principals of what is right and wrong. There is no escaping it. God has made a way for everyone to understand this concept. If He didn't I don't believe our earth could live in as much peace as it does now.