Social Darwinism is the idea that all people are influenced by the laws of nature as proposed by Charles Darwin. The laws of Darwinism can be simply put as the “survival of the fittest”, meaning that those of a superior intellect, strength, personality and overall opportunity will come through the other side, while the less fortunate, less intelligent and frailer individuals will be more or less “weeded out”. Upon thinking about whether or not I agree with Social Darwinism I realized that I seem to be torn. On one hand I do agree with the idea that there are individuals who are naturally more inclined to succeed and prosper in life due to things such as superior intellect or personality. My whole life I have heard phrases from my father that
