Autonomous Man

CR101 Radio - Podcast Network · Aug 26, 2026 · 7m

In “Autonomous Man,” Rushdoony argues that modern humanism seeks an autonomous universe—independent of God, law, and covenant—replacing God’s justice with man-made “social justice” grounded in the social contract rather than divine law. Once justice is defined by human will—whether elite, majority, or ideological—it becomes endlessly malleable, producing competing and contradictory moralities and labeling godly obedience as “antisocial.” The attempt to escape God’s authority inevitably dissolves all authority, leading not to true social order but to anarchism, fragmentation, and death, since…