Social Darwinism and the Gospel of Wealth

Social Darwinism and the Gospel of Wealth philanthropic views towards the idea of Social Darwinism is a social philosophy put wealth. into words by Herbert Spencer who, upon Andrew didn’t like the idea of great personal observation of society, defined the wealth. Even though he died with about $12 association of Darwin’s theory of natural million, this was a fraction of the money he selection into human social atmospheres. donated to libraries, colleges, concert halls, Spencer coined the term "survival of the and scholarships. Carnegie valued greatly fittest." He concluded that there was a the idea of donating to an organization. In constant struggle for humans to successfully his writing he definitely sells a philanthropic survive within any social context. Those view. His idea was that plainly giving away most able ("the fittest"), are those who climb money (to family, friends, needy) the economic ladder. By observation, he undermined the efforts, talents and will of noted that humans look down upon those on those receiving individuals. He trusted that the lower economic tiers of society as those with these traits of success should be naturally the least able. In this context, able to climb the economic ladder without whites may look down upon blacks or gifts. He believed that those with such traits Europeans may look down upon Indians, were most fit for economic success. etc. Those of the time who read this pamphlet saw allot of good in it. First, they believed that this gave those upper tiers more opportunities/power. The idea was to enlarge the gap between the rich and the poor of society. This philanthropic view was also very appealing because donations to organizations lessened income tax payments the rich had to pay later on. Explain in your own words the foundation of Spencer’s theory of social Darwinism and do you agree or disagree and why. ______“The man who dies rich thus ______dies disgraced.” _____. How does Carnegie’s “The Gospel of Wealth”, based on financial generosity, support The Carnegie story "proves" this idea of Spencer’s theory? social Darwinism for people of his time. ______Andrew Carnegie, applying his experience, ______beliefs, and success, wrote a pamphlet based on social Darwinism. It was called "The ______Gospel of Wealth." In this writing, which ______later became a book, Andrew outlined his ______.