| How many would you like? http://www.bookaride.net/purchase-dissertations/ are law enforcement cameras an invasion of privacy essay 但ツツ徼he work of Charles Darwin became popular. Following Darwin但ツツ冱 idea of natural selection, English philosopher Herbert Spencer proposed the idea of social Darwinism. This new concept justified the stratification of the wealthy and poor and coined the term 但ツツ徭urvival of the fittest但ツツ. Joining Spencer was Yale University professor William Graham Sumner whose book What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (1884) argued that assistance to the poor actually weakens their ability to survive in society. Sumner argued for a laissez-faire and free-market economy. Few people agreed with the social Darwinists, because they ridiculed religion and denounced philanthropy. Henry George proposed a 但ツツ徭ingle tax但ツツ in his book Progress and Poverty. The tax would be leveled on the rich and poor alike, with the excess money collected used to equalize wealth and level out society. Norwegian American economist Thorstein Veblen argued in The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899) that the 但ツツ彡onspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure但ツツ of the wealthy had become the basis of social status in America.但ツツ
|