(November 9, 2012 at 2:50 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Jeff, the problem with your question is that there is no clear definition as to what "Social Darwinism" entails. In fact, the term has been applied to several ideological viewpoints that are mutually exclusive.Good point. Let's go with Wiki for now.
You're going to need to be more precise to have any kind of meaningful discourse.
Social Darwinism is an ideology of society that seeks to apply biological concepts of Darwinism or of evolutionary theory to sociology and politics, often with the assumption that conflict between groups in society leads to social progress as superior groups outcompete inferior ones.
