Social Darwinism

Definition: Social Darwinism is the application of Darwinian thought to society in which the â€Å"survival of the fittest† is the driving force of social evolution. Social Darwinists conceive that society is an organism that evolves from simple to complex in a process of adaptation to the environment and society is best left alone to follow its natural evolutionary course. They thus argue for a laissez-faire (â€Å"hands off†) approach to social change and believe that the current arrangements in society are natural and inevitable.