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| Social Darwinism: Social Darwinism is an ideology applying Darwin's evolutionary principles to society. It suggests that societal success is determined by natural selection, justifying inequality and often used to support policies favoring the strongest or most "fit" individuals or groups. See also Evolution, Darwinism, Society, Selection._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Thomas Henry Huxley on Social Darwinism - Dictionary of Arguments
Brocker I 21 Social Darwinism/Th. H. Huxley: thesis: the selfish and unsolidaristic conflict as a basic constant has shaped human togetherness from primeval times: "...and beyond the limited and temporary family relationships, Hobbes' war of all against all was the real state of existence"(1). >Th. Hobbes. KropotkinVsHuxley: this is a complete distortion of the real facts of nature(2). >P.A. Kropotkin. Altruism/animal kingdom/Kropotkin: thesis: on the basis of scientific research, he wanted to prove "the importance of mutual aid as a development factor"(3) also and especially for human existence. >Altruism, cf. >Anarchism, >Solidarity, >Animals, >Humans, >Society, >Community. 1. Huxley, Thomas H.: »Der Daseinskampf in der menschlichen Gesellschaft«, in: Peter Kropotkin, Gegenseitige Hilfe in der Tier- und Menschenwelt, Frankfurt/M./Berlin/Wien 1975, pp. 296-307. 2. Pjotr Alexejewitsch Kropotkin, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, London 1902. Dt.: Peter Kropotkin, Gegenseitige Hilfe in der Tier- und Menschenwelt. Mit einem Nachwort neu herausgegeben von Henning Ritter, Frankfurt/M./Berlin/Wien 1975. 3. ibid. p. 15._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
HuxleyA I Aldous Huxley Science, Liberty and Peace London 1946 HuxleyTh I Thomas Henry Huxley Lectures On Evolution Whitefish, MT 2010 Brocker I Manfred Brocker Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert Frankfurt/M. 2018 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-27