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How Social Darwinism support business

What is Social Darwinism and how it was utilized to support business?

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The philosophy of Herbert Spencer which is replica of the theory of biological evolution of human society by Charles Darwin is known as Social Darwinism. According to social Darwinism, as in the world of plants and animals, where species compete and such best adapted survive, the fittest people rise to the top in the social competition for riches. Social Darwinism justified callous business practices and underhanded techniques; they were “natural”. Andrew Carnegie, an outspoken social Darwinists was very selective in applying “the law of the jungle”. He appealed to it whenever the government threatened to regulate the business practices. But he had no objections to unfair competitive advantages that enriched them like high protective tariffs.

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