A Brief Review of Major Theorists in the Field of Sociology

with the views of a contemporary biologist by the name of Darwin,
             but more specifically to Darwin's theory of natural selection. It was Spencer's belief that
             societies would naturally dispose of "unfit" social patterns. Consequently, this would
             reinforce "fit" social patterns in a naturally progressive manner that would ultimately
             benefit society. This method of understanding social patterns is termed Social Darwinism.
             One can find a good portion of Spencer's theories applied towards arguments concerning
             the economic freedoms of capitalism and the role that governments may have in
             regulating those freedoms. Spencer conceived the notion that the least amo
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