1. Social Darwinism and Eugenics
One would be hard-pressed to find any science in social Darwinist thought. ... How did social Darwinism then become synonymous with science? ... He was not trained in the sciences at all but as Bannister points out, seemed to have a soft spot in his heart for science. ... Mutual aid seemed to appease those who believed that science had become immoral. A large proponent of mutual aid Peter Kropotkin a Russian zoologist summed it up best when he said that "animals which acquire the habits of mutual aid are undoubtedly the fittest" Oscar McCulloch, a reverend in Indiana, called mutua...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate