Social Darwinism: Herbert Spencer and The Catholic Church

Herbert Spencer was the most important social Darwinist of the 19th century. Before Darwin published his book "Origin of Species" he was the first person to start thinking about evolutionists. He has many theories. For example, it evolved from basic creatures, then everything divided into more diverse species (Haberman (Hab.), 171). His theory believes that social, political, and ideological movements are caused by the development from homogeneity to heterogeneity.

Social Darwinism is a term used to apply Charles Darwin's biological concept to sociology and political science. The purpose of this article is to introduce two of the most famous social Darwinists, Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner. Herbert Spencer is sometimes called the founder of social Darwinism. However, marking him as such has a problem. Before he learned about Darwin, Spencer used his concept and the word "survival of fittling". - British naturalist Charles Darwin revolutionized biology through the evolutionary process of the natural selection process. Herbert Spencer is the main philosopher of biological and social evolution. The research of Spencer in the 19th century had a great influence on the development of biology, psychology, sociology and anthropology. Although Darwin influences the field of natural history and geology, his evolution theory has caused a big controversy.

19th century philosopher Herbert Spencer advocated the idea of ​​social Darwinism. Social Darwinism is to apply natural selection theory to social, political and economic problems. In its simplest form, social Darwinism follows the slogan of "strong survival" including human problems. This theory is destined to rule them as it was being used to promote the idea that Caucasian European races are better than other races. When Spencer began to promote social Darwinism, the technology, economics and government of "White Europe" improved compared to other cultures. Looking at this obvious advantage, as well as economic and military structure, some people think that natural selection is functioning, and races more suited for survival prevail. We claim that social welfare programs that support the poor and disadvantaged people are contrary to nature itself and even extend this idea to microeconomic problems.