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Social Darwinism, the theory that persons, groups, and races are subject to the same laws of natural selection as Charles Darwin had perceived in plants and animals in nature.
British philosopher Herbert Spencer went a step beyond Darwin's theory of evolution and applied it to the development of human society. In the late 1800s, many Americans enthusiastically embraced Spencer's Social Darwinism to justify laissez-faire, or unrestricted, capitalism.In 1859, Charles Darwin published Origin of Species, which explained his theory of animal and plant evolution based on natural selection..ritish philosopher Herbert Spencer went a step beyond Darwin's theory of evolution and applied it to the development of human society. In the late 1800s, many Americans enthusiastically embraced Spencer's Social Darwinism to justify laissez-faire, or unrestricted, capitalism.