The Contributions of Charles Darwin to the Scientific Community.

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The Contributions of Charles Darwin to the Scientific Community. Brent Royeton DeVry University The Contributions of Charles Darwin to the Scientific Community Charles Darwin’s contributions to society were farther reaching than just biological science. His empirical methods and theories also affected sociology as well. Many political or national conquests were justified by the use of his theory of “Survival of the fittest”. U.S. senator Albert J. Beveridge had stated “We are a conquering race. We must obey our blood and occupy new markets, and if necessary, new lands.” (Perry. Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Volume II, 9th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing, 10/2008). This demonstrates how Darwin’s ideals could be applied to other scientific fields outside the sphere of biology to include business progress and political science as well. Another example of this is can be shown from writers who used these theories to support the superiority of the Caucasian ethnicity as well as the dominion over, or eradication of non-white ethnicities, stating that they are “lower life-forms”. Of these writers Paul Rohrbach who was a German Colonial of South Africa wrote “No false philanthropy or racial theory can convince sensible people that the preservation of a tribe of South Africa’s kaffirs … is more important to the future of mankind than the spread of the great European nations and the white race in general. Not until the native learns to produce anything of value in the service of the higher race, i.e., in the service of its and his own progress, does he gain any moral right to exist (Perry. Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Volume II, 9th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing). Darwin’s theory of evolution has also challenged the fundamental beliefs of the Christian faith by denouncing the idea that man was created in the image of God’s
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