Change is inevitable. Throughout the evolution of mankind, many ideas and theories arise, which undergo various changes. Often, ideas, which are very different, come from the same source, or idea. One example of these transformations can be exemplified through Darwinism and Social Darwinism. Darwinism is obviously the name given to anything pertaining to Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution by natural selection. “Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can develop one we have various types of complex living organisms already in existence.” Darwinism presents a very scientific outlook on evolution and explains the “…creative force that produced complex plants and animals from single-cell predecessors over long stretches of geological time is essentially the same as the mechanism that produces variations in flowers, insects, and domestic animals before our very eyes.”1 Darwinism offered a very technical version of evolution, which was an alternative or an addition to many of the Bibles, creation story in Genesis 1,2. However, Darwin’s ideas did not go unchallenged, and eventually others expresse

“Galton assumed that the social distinctions reflect differences in innate endowment and that the middle and upper classes tended to possess more ‘civic worth’. Ability, he believed, is determined by heredity and runs in families, revealing itself by success in competitive careers…Only by raising the average intellectual standard of the nation by one grade could its survival and expansion be assured, since the standard was not keeping pace with the fast changing requirements of modern civilization.”3

The relationship between Eugenics and Social Darwinism is quite clear, however, Eugenics is not the only by-product of Social Darwinism. The roots of Sociobiology can also be traced back to Darwinism and Social Darwinism. Sociobiology “…which is supposed to result in such things as eugenics, racism, and the death of the welfare state. Sociobiology, and the more recent evolutionary psychology movement, seeks to explain human behavior in terms of adaptations of human evolution.” Once again, the combination of Darwinism and Social Darwinism, along with other ideas, gave birth to the concept of Sociobiology. Neo-Darwinism is another idea, which is directly linked to both Darwin and Social Darwinism.

d their ideas on evolution. One of these individuals was a sociologist and political writer named Herbert Spencer. Spencer soon became the founder of Social Darwinism, in which he interpreted the works of Darwin, and applied them to society. Social Darwinism claims that the most well adapted individuals in a society will survive and reproduce. He also argued that human progress resulted from the triumph of more advanced individuals and cultures over their inferior competitors. Eventually throughout time, those who were satisfied that Darwinism validated their personal goals in society took great liberty in spreading the word of Social Darwinism. Darwinism and Social Darwinism are often commonly associated, however, both the individuals had very different intention for their work. Secondly, Social Darwinism was not the only by-product of Darwin’s works. Many other genres of social science have been born as a result of both ideals. Lastly, it is impossible to deny that both Darwinism and Social Darwinism had an extremely large impact of modern western society. Through analysis it is evident that both Darwinism and Social Darwinism had a massive impact of Western Civilization, but despite their common association the two philoso

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