Talk:Social Darwinism

Article name sort

I changed it back to 'Social Darwinism' from 'Darwinism, Social'. It seems strange to take two word names and then shuffle the words, stick a comma in and then have the site sort them in that way. 'Social Darwinism' is not a 'child' article of 'Darwinism'. The abc sorting should be for things like names and articles prefixed with 'the' and so on. --Tom Morris 03:34, 21 May 2008 (CDT)

Creationism

Darwin's belief in Social Darwinism has been a question which many historians have debated (and creationists have used as a red herring).

The parenthetical in this sentence is misleading, and I've removed it. Prior to WW2, progressive opinion presented either Social Darwinism or Marxism as scientific systems of morality based on evolution; the creationism debate would not be so bitter nor long-lasting if that had not been the case. From the creationist point of view, it didn't matter that much whether Darwin himself was a Social Darwinist, as most people who called themselves Darwinists through the 1920s, and who advocated the teaching of evolution, were Social Darwinists. There should probably be a paragraph or two on creationism as a reaction to Social Darwinism, but I can't write that right now. Anthony Argyriou 13:55, 15 July 2008 (CDT)