and since Social Darwinism promotes the ideology of "might is right", wouldn't it exploit the poor and vulnerable in society?
2007-03-22 15:44:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, it would. Today's Social Darwinism is the practice of legalized abortion on demand.
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2007-03-24 09:50:31 · answer #1 · answered by Peace2U 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not exploit them so much as trample them underfoot. In the ideology of Social Darwinism anyone who can't keep up gets pushed out of the way. I'm not a huge fan of it honestly. Don't confuse it with the Darwinian natural selection that has already occurred, Social Darwinism is man made.
2007-03-22 22:50:26 · answer #2 · answered by The Lobe 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it would. It would also seek to actively inhibit their ability to find opportunities to procreate.
This is why Social Darwinism is morally repugnant -- it leads to eugenics.
I suppose you're going to somehow try to make the case that because social darwinism is immoral, then the fact of evolution, as modeled by the theory of natural selection, is also immoral...? Sorry to tell you this, but evolutionary theory has come a long, long way since Darwin. The field doesn't agree with a great deal of what he said because we have more information than he did. Practically only his general outline remains valid.
2007-03-22 22:49:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand the comparisons. The battle over dominance of the planet is over, WE WON. Humans became the most intelligent species on the planet. That still may remain to be seen but the human species, homosapiens, have one the "survival of the fittist"
With that line of thought, why can't we just all share this planet, live together in peace. Knowing that there is no longer a reason to solve our problems with violence and anger. We all have the ability of knowledge and logic and reason.
They say that it's in our nature, we are a violent species. And that is true, we have had our share of destruction. It's part of our evolution on this tiny world. How we are all connected to life on this planet, it's up to us to take care of it.
We are one planet.
2007-03-22 22:53:55 · answer #4 · answered by skunkgrease 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, and it does...
luckily social Darwinism is an economic ideology, and has absolutely nothing to do with evolution, and even less to do with religion...
this should be in an economic section...
2007-03-22 22:48:30 · answer #5 · answered by funaholic 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it would. That's part of the reason I would never vote Republican.
2007-03-22 22:51:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes it would. Are there any 'Social Darwinists'?
2007-03-22 22:48:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋