WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -In scientific terms, these hazards are referred to as selection pressures. They put pressure on us to adapt in order to survive the environment we are in and reproduce. It is selection pressure that drives natural selection (’survival of the fittest’) and it is how we evolved into the species we are today.

Detailed explanation-3: -Herbert Spencer’s Social Darwinism Spencer reasoned that humans adapt to changes in their physical environment through cultural, rather than biological adaptation. In doing so, Spencer coined the term “survival of the fittest, ” which later became linked to Darwinism.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -survival of the fittest, term made famous in the fifth edition (published in 1869) of On the Origin of Species by British naturalist Charles Darwin, which suggested that organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving and reproducing.