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warmongeringof, 90, 99.See also clarifiesmeaningof “survivalof the fittest”,
collectivism;compulsorysterilization; 21; coined“survivalof the fittest”, xvi, 21;
Germanphilosophyof the nineteenth comparedto Hitler,30, 59; concessionto
century;governism;Naziism;Progressives; miscegenationregulation,32; contrasted
SocialDemocratParties;welfarestate againstOliverWendellHolmes,Jr., 62–64;
“The SocialOrganism” (essay),262–264.See also deniesfree will,285; deniesthat philosophy
Spencer,Herbert moveshistory,293–294; denouncedby
SocialStatics(book),16–20, 34; contrasted conservatives,8–9, 21–22, 56–59; denounced
againstOliverWendellHolmes,62–64; by libertarians,21, 56; describedas “evil”, 31;
defendsindividualrights,62; defends did not influenceGermaneugenicists,133,
women’s rights,95–96; denouncesslavery, 252–253; disapprovesof loners,292; equated
43; disparagedby OliverWendellHolmes, withBenjaminKidd,61; equatedwithKarl
62–64; misleadinglyquotedby critics,16–20; Pearson,61; examplesof Spencerbeing
opposeswarfare,51.See alsoSpencer, calleda eugenicist,31, 61, 252; examplesof
Herbert Spencerbeingcalleda socialDarwinist,4, 5,
sociobiology.Seeevolutionarypsychology 5–6, 7, 51, 56–59, 59–61, 81–85, 252; falsely
Sociobiology(book),54–56, 244 accusedof sexism,96–97; honoredat
SociobiologyStudyGroupof Sciencefor the Delmonico’s banquet,33–34, 44, 88; in same
People(SSGSP).SeeSciencefor the People categoryas Aristotle,327; misleadingly
Sombart,Werner, 165 quotedby critics,16–22; misrepresentedby
Soros,George, 7 twentieth-centuryeditorofMightIs Right,
SovietUnion:accusedby Hitlerof beinga 249; mysteriouslymisquoted,34; names
puppetof Jewishcapitalists,169, 170; and AndrewCarnegieas goodfriend,33; not
JosephGoebbels,160–161; praisedby Lincoln eugenicist,39–40, 41, 61, 140, 250, 252–236;
Steffens,155–156; praisedby W. E. B. Du not socialDarwinist,18–19, 20–22, 39–40,
Bois,118; saidby MichaelMooreto be 51–52, 61, 74, 140, 250, 252–253; oncaveat-
morallyequivalentto USA,180; tax funding emptorattitudeon quackmedications,20–21;
of pseudoscience,211; usingthe term on charity,18–19; personalnet worth,16;
“fascism”, 158–159; versusHitler,160–161. pioneersin sociology,282; pioneerstheoryof
See alsoGoebbels,Joseph;Marx,Karl; EmergentComplexity,262–263, 264, 280;
Marxism;socialists;Stalin,Josef popularizedthe word“altruism”, 272, 290;
SpanishInquisition, 66 praisedby CharlesH. Cooley,120; praised
Specter,Michael,207–208, 224 by Darwin,17; praisedby J. DoyneFarmer,
Spencer,Herbert:againstimperialism,40, 43, 282–283, 284; praisedby ThomasEdison,
44, 51–52, 54, 74–75; and euthanasia,17; and 281–282; praisedby NikolaTesla,281–282;
racism,32, 43, 44, 111, 116, 252–253; and quoted,16–22, 33, 43, 51–52, 62, 252, 262,
slavery,42–43; andThe Economistmagazine, 262–263, 264, 280, 290–291, 291–292;
34; and war,44, 51–53, 74–75; anticipates recommendingcharityfor the handicapped,
gene-cultureco-evolutiontheory,276; 18; rejectedby NazieugenicistMartin
anticipatestwentieth-centurycommunism, Heidegger,140; reputationcontrasted
16; as oppositeof eugenicist,250, 252–253; againstGarrettHardin’s, 109; supports
associatedwithsocialDarwinism,ix–x, 3–7, universalsuffrage,19; supportswomen’s
16–22, 39–40, 41, 51, 54–61, 140, 250, 252, 283; rights,62, 95–96, 252; supportswomen’s
awareof left-wingfalsehoodsspreadabout suffrage,96, 252; versusracial
him,252; blamedfor TheodoreRoosevelt’s discrimination,42–43, 44, 111
racism,116; calledapologistfor slavery,27, Spiro,Jonathan,39, 115, 124, 135, 139, 212–213
42–43; calledenemyof charity,ix–x, 5, 16–19; Sponsel,LeslieE., 205
calledenemyof the poor,ix–x, 3–6, 81–84; SS: formerofficerco-foundsGermanGreen
calledeugenicist,31, 39–40, 41, 51, 54–59, Party,224; promotingorganicfarming
59–61, 252; calledfounderof eugenics,31; methods, 212
calledinferiorto LesterWard,81–84; called SSGSP.SeeSciencefor the People
inferiorto RichardT. Ely, 89; calledracist,x, Stalin,Josef:callingTrotskya Naziagent,158;
39–40, 116; calledwarmonger,x, 51, 59–61, eulogizedby W. E. B. Du Bois,118;
74–75; citedby eugenicistHenryFairfield persecutesJews,118; praisedby Hitler,189.
Osborn,32; citedinMightIs Right, 248–249; See alsoMussolini,Benito;socialists;Soviet