[OFB Cafe] Beatitudes and Social Darwinism (was Re: Bio Fuels)

[Derek Broughton]

On July 23, 2008 22:43:30 Timothy Butler wrote:

> Civilized society, whatever 
> that does mean, wouldn't work if we start thinking in terms of social
> Darwinism.

I beg to differ.  imo, Civilization _is_ social Darwinism.  "Getting along" 
has incredible benefits :-)  iirc, Darwin didn't coin the term "survival of 
the fittest", and didn't agree with it, but even he would concede 
that "fittest" doesn't equate to "strongest".  If it was survival of the 
strongest, the world would be populated with Lions & Tigers & Bears, oh my, 
and Mankind would never have developed far enough to invent weapons of 
simple, let alone mass, destruction.
-- 
derek