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Study unit 1 · Chapters 1–2

The Moral Law We Keep Appealing To

Lewis begins where everyone has been: an argument. Two people quarrel, and the words they reach for assume a standard both of them already know…

It is a quarrel about fairness, and fairness is not a matter of taste. Lewis calls that shared standard the Law of Human Nature.

Review & Work It Out · 136 questions across the guide

1. Lewis begins with ordinary quarrels. What does the language of “fair” reveal about what the speakers assume?

Both of them appeal to a standard

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2. Why does Lewis think the excuses people make for breaking the rule prove the rule is real?

Study unit 1The Moral Law We Keep Appealing To1What does the language of “fair” reveal about what the speakers assume?Your answer
Study unit 2The Reality of the Law1Why is the Moral Law not a mere convention?Your answer
Study unit 3What Lies Behind the Law1State the two views of the universe Lewis sets side by side.Your answer
Study unit 4Beyond the Moral Law1What does Lewis mean by the “something behind” the law?Your answer

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