How/why does Peter Singer defend Social Darwinism?

Singer does not advocate Social Darwinism, which is the belief that the Darwinian struggle for survival of the fittest should be reflected in our social structures to promote the wellbeing of the gene pool. In other words, that we should not try to help the weak people in society because their genes will hold us back as a species. read more

Singer does not advocate Social Darwinism, which is the belief that the Darwinian struggle for survival of the fittest should be reflected in our social structures to promote the wellbeing of the gene pool. read more

Peter Staudenmaier is a social ecologist and historian who has been involved with the Institute for Social Ecology since 1989. He has been an active participant in the anarchist movement, the green movement, and the cooperative movement in the United States and Germany for over two decades. read more