In: Economics
Discuss the argument for, and criticism against the theory of Social Darwinism. In your discussion, be sure to deal with ‘naturalistic fallacy.’
Social darvinism theory holds the idea that the only innates who are better compared to others will survive. Others will not be able to survive. This is also known by the concept of "survival of the fittest".
The base of this theory is naturalistic fallacy. This means that whatever is present in the nature is good. There should be no interference with the things of nature.
For example The society works on survival of the fittest. Interference in this working by different ways like helping the poor will affect evolution.
The theory of social darvinism is important because it has been used time and again to justify racism, social inequality. This theory has been used for working in various fields like biology, economics, politics.
The phrase of "survival of the fittest" phrase of the theory of Social darnivism can be misleading. It can be one of the aspects of the selection of the innates but not the only one.