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Social Darwinism

Social Darwinism. By: Alexis Espinoza and Diana Romano. The term “Social Darwinism” was invented in the 19 th century Main idea is that humans, like animals, compete with each other in natural selection Ideals based on Charles Darwin, an English naturalist Some Darwinist’s ideals include:

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Social Darwinism

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  1. Social Darwinism By: Alexis Espinoza and Diana Romano

  2. The term “Social Darwinism” was invented in the 19th century • Main idea is that humans, like animals, compete with each other in natural selection • Ideals based on Charles Darwin, an English naturalist • Some Darwinist’s ideals include: • Government should not interfere with the people by regulating the economy or helping the poor • Favoring a laissez-faire (leave things be) political and economic strategy with competition and self interest highly effective • The differences between races, nations, and individuals mean that some are more fit to survive than others • Many believe Social Darwinism explains the rationalization behind racism, capitalism, and imperialism Social Darwinism Charles Darwin http://www.kandle.ie/2009/09/25/darwin-faith-comerford/

  3. Can be defined as “The application of Darwinism to the study of human society, specifically a theory in sociology that individuals or groups achieve advantage over others as the result of genetic or biological superiority." Social Darwinism is the belief that all personal and social problems were inherited. The proponents of social Darwinism believed poverty and many other social ills were the result of bad genes. Social Darwinism (overview)

  4. Social Darwinism was popular among many intellectuals in the nineteenth century, but has since been rejected. Subsequent research has undermined rather than supported the theories of social Darwinism. Background

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  6. It "jumpstarts" economies by helping those who are proactive in things like finding a job while penalizing those who will remain in the lowest class. It creates a class system Alexis Pro’s for Social Darwinism

  7. Adolf Hitler’s racial theories were based on social Darwinism. “The stronger has to rule and must not mate with the weaker,” Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf. “Only the born weakling can consider this cruel.” Diana’s Con for Social Darwinism

  8. Darwin, Charles, and David Quammen. On the Origin of Species. New York: Sterling, 2008. Print. Dowling, Mike. "Social Darwinism." Browse the World at Mrdowling.com. 22 Jan. 2006. Web. 28 Mar. 2011. <http://www.mrdowling.com/706- socialdarwinism.html>. Keenan, Joe. "Anti-Social Darwinism - Page One." The Heresiarch Online Magazine - Contents. Web. 28 Mar. 2011. <http://heresiarch.org/darwin/antidarwin1.php>. Mcneal, Kent. "Social Darwinism and the Judicial Conceptions of Indian Title." Jow Jan. 1999: 68+. Web. Weiler, Bernd. "Social Darwinism." Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. 2007 ed. Blackwell, 2007. 4390-392. Print. Works Cited

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