John N. Burry
Abstract
Social Darwinism, an historically inaccurate concept, originated from the social selection theories of Herbert Spencer, which maintained that might is right. The expression is an obstacle to understanding Darwinian evolution and should be discarded.
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Social Darwinism, an historically inaccurate concept, originated from the social selection theories of Herbert Spencer, which maintained that might is right. The expression is an obstacle to understanding Darwinian evolution and should be discarded.
Key concepts: Darwinism, Social Darwinism, Social evolution, Obstacle, Selection (genetic algorithm), Sociology, Epistemology, Political science