Social Darwinism An idea that the future would be characterized by "the survival of the fittest was once introduced by Herbert Spencer. Spencer's idea can be linked to natural scientist Charles Darin's theory of evolution. Unlike Darwin, Spencer's idea is referring to society rather than nature. Today Spencer's idea is known as Social Darwinism. Social Darwinism was built on the principle that success would come to the most intelligent, ambitious, and productive people, who quite …showed first 75 words of 242 total…

…showed last 75 words of 242 total…resources on its least worthy members. Spencer's idea of Social Darwinism gradually fell out of favor among social scientist and has been discredited by some facts that have since come to light. We know now that a person's ability only partially accounts for personal success, and favoring with the rich isn't in the interest of society as a whole. Spencer's ideas have been dismissed by many as very heartless with little room for human compassion.