Rejects conventional Benthamite view of public interest
Absolute rights of individuals
An Essay on the Principles of Population
An Essay on the Principles of Population
Although his outlook on the problem of overpopulation was not quite as pessimistic, Spencer believed that overpopulation would lead to the “survival of the fittest”
Spencer acknowledged the role of environmental variables on social organization and agreed that the Super Organic (society) and the Organism (body) had six similarities:
Spencer acknowledged the role of environmental variables on social organization and agreed that the Super Organic (society) and the Organism (body) had six similarities:
Society and individuals grow
As size increases so does complexity
Progression in structure is accompanied by a differentiation in function
Parts of the whole are interdependent of one another