Sunday, August 14, 2011

Do you believe in social darwinism?

This is a political philosophy question. I am an old political science graduate and I think about this a lot. Folks on the right sometimes are strong proponents of social darwinism. They believe the poor should die off because they are not smart or strong enough to survive. Also, they believe there should be no form of social istance to the poor because social istance and other programs (such as universal health care) because those programs only interfere with the natural social hierarchy and they believe those programs actually keep the poor impoverished, thereby doing society a disservice. They feel no real connection to their neighbors in their community and they do not feel obligated to help fellow human beings out who are unsuccessful. They do not believe in a collective society, rather they believe in Ayn Rand's philosophy of individualism and objectivism. They do sometimes believe in charity and sometimes their charity is faith based. But overall, they believe the poor should die off because this is nature's course. Are you a fan of social darwinism?

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