laissez faire was similar to scial darwinism? plaese explain.?

Question

how

Answer 1

Laissez faire (literally, "hands off" in french) is an economic theory postulating that the government should have no regulatory control over the economy, and that this is socially optimal. In this way, you have economic survival of the fittest. Sound like evolution? Thats the connection to social Darwinism. Charles Darwin was (arguably) the first person to put the theory of evolution into writing in his "Theory on the Origins of Man." During his timeand subsequently, people began to consider his theories in social and economic lights, and it was called "social Darwinism," the idea that the strongest survive in politics, society and economics, resulting in the strongest and most healthy society/economy.

Answer 2

In his own simplisitic hollywood lingo, Reagan quipped that for real progress, "greed is enough."

It's the lingering notion that if each of us pursues his own "enlightened self-interests," all will benifit and society will move forward.

The French phrase "laissez fair" means simply let it (or them) alone, was used to argue the business should be unregulated, no child labor laws, safety standards or any of that. Or for that matter and end to taxes on enterprise

Darwinism (not Darwin) used the argument of survival of the fittest (which Darwin never uttered) to argue that unbridaled competition would select out the capable productive among men and eliminate those less gifted. Spencer, the loudest advocate of "Social Darwinism," wrote, "if the poor die, it is meet that they should." He meant by that the poverty itself was proof of their unfittnes and they should die and get out of the race which is gradually being improved by the reproduction of the successful.

The argument justified the late 19th Century moguls who amassed huge fortunes while their workers went hungary, and kept the govt. off their backs. Interestingly virtually all of them were vocal Republicans as a fact, and T.R. Roosevelt with his "rugged individualism" was at their head.

Bush's "compassionate conservatism" was supposed to rectify this reputation. What is the other kind of conservatism anyway?

Answer 3

Laissez faire forbid the government to make rules regarding business and trade, allowing business owners to govern themselves, while social Darwinism was about "survival of the fittest." So basically, only the strong survive. You have to depend on your own devices, you can't lean on others or expect a handout.

Answer 4

They both represent a social "survival of the fittest" philosophy.

Answer 5

Plaese learn how to spell, `tard.