We always hear the term Social Darwinism, it what does it really mean? Social Darwinism is a term that was officially used in the late 19th century to describe the idea that humans, like animals and plants, compete in a struggle for existence. As Charles Darwin explained this is the point where natural selection happens, that leads to "survival of the fittest." Basically Social Darwinists base their beliefs on the theories of evolution, that was developed by British naturalist Charles Darwin. The main purpose of Social Darwinism was to argue that governments should not interfere with human competition, meaning they should only attempt to regulate the economy or help stop social problems such as poverty. Instead, Social Darwinists began to interfere in political and economic systems that favored competition and began to apply the sense of completion in social and business affairs. Many arguments were made to that justify imbalances of power between individuals, races, and nations because they consider some people more fit to survive than others. After that in the 1890’s social reformers used Darwinism to supporter a stronger role for the government and they introduced various social policies. This movement became known as a reform of Darwinism. Reform Darwinists argued that human beings …show more content…
For example, the most extreme type of reform Darwinism was eugenics, a term used by Sir Francis Galton in 1883 from the Greek word eügenáv, meaning well-born. Eugenists claimed that particular racial or social groups usually wealthy white race are "naturally" superior to other groups. They proposed to control human heredity by passing laws that forbid marriage between races, they also banned other races especially "misfits" such as criminals or the mentally ill to breed. They started a campaign that neutered any other or un superior