That book's chillingly "futuristic," RobRoy; but not in a "science fiction" sort of way. For you can already see the description Lewis sketches is increasingly assuming "real form." To point to an example, the current "bioethical opinion" surfacing around such issues as partial birth abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, and embryonic stem cell research.
It seems to me all these questions drive straight into what it means to be human. The Abolition of Man shows you what your future would look like, if the current state of "bioethics" were to stand up on its hind legs as qualified to validate "mainstream science."
It would have to "kill" Judeo-Christian morality first. And so perhaps the battlelines are even now forming up.
There's a happy thought! Thanks so much for writing, RobRoy, and for your very kind words.
I, for one, deny that the current age has some sudden influx of amoral thinkers. I can't think of any age in history that has not had rationalizing scum in high places, sometimes posing as religious leaders or leaders od liberation movements.
Just as pedophiles seek jobs that place trusting children within reach, so the psychopaths of the world gravitate to positions where they can preach and practice their sickness.