Read as well Part VI, "Darwinian Patterns in Social Thought," in the Applemanedition about Darwin. Read in particular the selections from Carnegie and Kropotkin. You will also find useful additional information about the latter two inWikipediaarticles onCarnegieandKropotkin, respectively.
There were many different reactions to Darwin s evolutionary theory, but two that were very different are those of Andrew Carnegie and Peter Kropotkin. Describe briefly the views each held, and then account for the reasons why both could read Darwin s ideas in such very different ways. What were the important differences between Carnegie and Kropotkin in terms of their own experience that may account for the views they held? What lessons do their examples teach about drawing social conclusions from scientific theories?