Question

1. In Charles Darwin's, Origin of Species, how could this view of the role(s) played by the laws of nature upon the rest of the animal kingdom (yes, you are a part of the animal kingdom: the ape family) be interpreted to apply to human interactions? After reading this kind of expose, what reason might some give for poverty, disease, or the domination of one people over another? [I do not mean to suggest that it should be applied, completely, to the understanding of human interactions, but some did, and I am setting the stage for that movement.]

Answer 1

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, the "Origin of Species", the gist of which is survival of the fittest in nature. On the basis of this theory it can be attempted to state, as there's limited natural resources and there's a constant conflict in the human species for this natural resources. Poverty, diseases, or the domination of one people over other etc are some aspects of struggle for the fittest. In the long run who survives will pass on their genetic trait for a more enduring and fit generation.