Author Question: A major criticism of Spencer's theory of social Darwinism is that ______________ . a. other ... (Read 61 times)

asd123 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

A major criticism of Spencer's theory of social Darwinism is that ______________ .

a. other biological organizations exercise more control over their environments than do humans
b. it may be used to justify racial/ethnic, gender, and class inequalities in society
c. it explains society in an era that is less tumultuous than that of the Industrial Revolution
d. he plagiarized the work of Charles Darwin

Question 2

Which of these early scientific thinkers first used the phrase survival of the fittest to explain his theory of society?

a. Karl Marx
b. Emile Durkheim
c. Auguste Comte
d. Herbert Spencer