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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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Political Philosophy on Social Darwinism - Dictionary of Arguments
Brocker I 17 Social Darwinism/Political Theories: Variants: a) "liberal": here it is a "struggle for existence" and a "survival of the most suitable". b) "right-wing variant": this includes eugenics concepts, reproduction of the "healthy" and "high-value", prevention of the reproduction of "inferior" and "weak". Brocker I 18 With the exception of some terms that were meant completely differently, these views have little to do with Darwin's theory of evolution. (See Stake Traughber 2009)(1). >Darwinism/Kropotkin, >Evolution, >Darwinism, >Selection, >Survival. 1. Pfahl-Traughber, Armin, »Darwinismus und Sozialdarwinismus. Eine kritische Erörterung zu Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschieden«, in: Aufklärung und Kritik, Sonderheft Nr. 15, 2009, 132-144._____________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. |
Political Philosophy Brocker I Manfred Brocker Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert Frankfurt/M. 2018 |
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