Essays on Social Darwinism

In 1859, Charles Darwin had published On the Origins of Species, which talked about the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. Thinkers at the time had applied Darwin’s discoveries to human society; one of them being Herbert Spencer who was the proponent leader of the...

According to Wikipedia, social justice can be defined as “the way in which human rights are manifested in the everyday lives of people at every level of society”. In other words, social justice can occur in any aspect of society where inequality can arise as a result of unfair policies and prejudices. This explains why...

 Social Darwinism Poem Social Darwinism is a knowledge-based application to live and survive long and rather go strong in a natural environment without immediate fade off despite all the economic, financial, and maybe the political surrounding issues in a human environment. Social Darwinism refers to the basic act of a being to lively stay for...

Following the devastation of the Civil War period and the unrest of the Reconstruction era, the United States saw a span of monumental economic progress called “The Gilded Age”. Specifically, the Gilded Age offered a solution to the prevalent issue faced during the Reconstruction era; the nation needed a new labor system to replace the...

From the remains of the American Civil War sprung a global powerhouse. The development was astounding. From the end of Reconstruction in 1877 to the unfortunate Panic of 1893, the American economy almost multiplied in size. New innovations and better understanding and approaches for sorting out business drove many influential people to the top. Individuals...

Ethics. The word ethics is derived from both Greek and Latin backgrounds. In Greek, ‘ethos’ means character while in Latin ‘moras’ means customs. As a result, ethics is defined as the personal and professional behavior with regards to the values, customs, behaviors, principles, and morals a society is based upon. There are several various opinions...

When in 1883 Sir Francis Galton, the mathematician and naturalist from Great Britain and Charles Darwin’s cousin, coined the term eugenics, he might have hardly predicted that the interest in eugenics would drive the humanity to the point of transgressing all moral boundaries. At the same time, Galton’s formulation of the new study as “the...

In Light of Evolution Is man really a descendent of the ape? This question has been at the centre of intense debate and controversy throughout history and still remains a topic of dispute today. The question falls under a larger domain of investigation; whether evolution is a real phenomenon or not. Evolution is a theory...

Through the Areas of Knowledge (AOKs) of the human sciences and the natural sciences the accuracy of this claim will be explored. Although the claim of the title holds elements of viability, in certain contexts it can be inaccurate and, thus, disproved. Knowledge is mankind’s cognitive possession of justified beliefs. When considering the “quality of...

The white man’s burden, a poem written by Rudyard Kipling and published in 1899 is one of Kipling’s most infamous poems. The white man’s burden tells of the perceived role of the white man and his obligation to hold dominion over the more inferior races by divine mandate(Kipling, 1899). The poem describes the cost and...