NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
SOCIOLOGY
Question
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Herbert Spencer
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Jane Addams
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C. Wright Mills
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Emile Durkheim
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Detailed explanation-1: -Herbert Spencer is famous for his doctrine of social Darwinism, which asserted that the principles of evolution, including natural selection, apply to human societies, social classes, and individuals as well as to biological species developing over geologic time.
Detailed explanation-2: -Social Darwinists believe in “survival of the fittest”-the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better. Social Darwinism has been used to justify imperialism, racism, eugenics and social inequality at various times over the past century and a half.
Detailed explanation-3: -ANSWER: Herbert Spencer, a 19th century philosopher, promoted the idea of Social Darwinism. Social Darwinism is an application of the theory of natural selection to social, political, and economic issues. In its simplest form, Social Darwinism follows the mantra of “the strong survive, ‘’ including human issues.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why was Herbert Spencer’s view of society referred to as social darwinism? He believed that social change an unrest were natural occurrence, and only the fittest societies would survive over time.