NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
SOCIOLOGY
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
What is Social Darwinism?
|
|
The application of ideas about evolution and “survival of the fittest” to human societies-particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion.
|
|
|
Theoretical perspective that views society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social problems.
|
|
|
Either A or B
|
|
|
None of the above
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Darwin passionately opposed social injustice and oppression. He would have been dismayed to see the events of generations to come: his name attached to opposing ideologies from Marxism to unbridled capitalism, and to policies from ethnic cleansing to forced sterilization.
Detailed explanation-2: -By extending their arguments to address entire nations, some social Darwinists justified imperialism on the basis that the imperial powers were naturally superior and their control over other nations was in the best interest of human evolution.
There is 1 question to complete.