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Social Darwinism

Author: Zach Lamb

Source: Intro Music by Mark Hannan; Public Domain Herbert Spencer portrait, Public Domain: http://bit.ly/zZxkWQ SOURCE: IMAGE SOURCE: PUBLIC DOMAIN

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Terms to Know
Social Darwinism

A theory of society that views society, like nature, to be a survival of the fittest.

People to Know
Herbert Spencer

A 19th century thinker who gave us the idea of "survival of the fittest" and applied Darwin's theory of natural selection to society.