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The paper "Principles of the Theory of Natural Selection" tells that widely known subject matters in contemporary psychology evidently reflect a strong connection to Darwin's theory: abnormal psychology, behavioral genetics, emotions, psychobiology, comparative psychology, animal psychology, etc....
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The alleged propounder of social darwinism, the late Victorian English philosopher Herbert Spencer coined the term 'survival of the fittest' to society, inspired by the scientific support from Darwin's work.... This shows the compatibility of social darwinism and business strategy.... Arguments and criticism of social darwinism are confined solely as academic exercises.... the concept of ethical dealing in business has existed in all ages and times, hoping to ensure 'proper' conduct of business....
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It is those ideals that make-up “social darwinism.... ?? Essentially “social darwinism” is an ideology that hides behind the logic and early scientific principles of Darwin.... It is those ideals that make-up “social darwinism.... ?? Essentially “social darwinism” is an ideology that hides behind the logic and early scientific principles of Darwin.... It was the ideology of “social darwinism” that promoted the practices of eugenics....
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The paper "The Theories of Charles Darwin, the concept of Eugenics" discusses that the separation of Darwinism and eugenics occurred because of social and political agendas while the basic definitions and terms remained the same with the only dividing line being between biological and social realms.... In general, the concept of evolution as a scientific possibility is one that is supported within biological considerations as seen through the works of Charles Darwin....
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Cowan (509) has described the work of Francis Galton as 'science stimulated by political theories and directed toward social goals.... He tried to apply this concept in understanding heredity and in the future prospect of manipulating it to gain social goals.... Galton's thought is further explained by Marks by introducing Galton's belief that 'cultural 'progress' was driven principally by the birth rate of geniuses regardless of any other social processes' (650)....
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Edward Wilson, in 1975, made public his work entitled Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, which tries to give an explanation of organisms' social behavior, as well as that of human beings, within the context of evolutionary theory (Hergenhahn, 2008, 301-302).... By adjusting Darwin's description of fitness from the reproduction and survival of the human being to the transmission of a person's genes, sociobiology can explain a broad range of human social behaviors....
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The history of the concept of intelligenceSir Francis Galton was the first scholar to suggest that intelligence is hereditary.... However, what he failed to acknowledge was that these families were usually the wealthiest ones, where individuals were very well-educated and enjoyed social influence (Weiten, 1989)....
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One of the people who expounded on the theory of social darwinism was Herbert Spencer.... he concepts borrowed from the theory of social darwinism such as adaptation allowed the authorities of the time to feel like it was ethical and proper to exploit the poor to have the strength and might flourish.... These people's rights were deprived under the justification of the concept of adaptation from the theory.... The paper "Australian History and social darwinism" highlights that social darwinism is a theory that had been put forward to advance the oppression of the indigenous people of Australia....
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