Spencerian evolution was for individual rights and against government interference. Furthermore, Spencerian evolution held that those unfit to sustain themselves must be allowed to perish. Spencer believed that just as there were many varieties of beetles, respectively modified to existence in a particular place in nature, so too had human society "spontaneously fallen into division of labour".
Spencerian evolution emphasized individual rights and opposed government intervention. Spencerian evolution also held that those unable to sustain themselves should be allowed to perish. Spencer believed that, like the diverse varieties of beetles adapted to specific environments, human society had "spontaneously divided into labor" in a similar manner.