Question

The policy of social intervention by govt to empower the poor and the deprive *should be discarded* inline with Herbert Spencer theory of social Darwinism. Respond to this statement *considering the situation of the poor and the deprive* in your country.You may want to look at the argument against the livelihood empowerment against poverty LEAP program in Ghana.

Answer 1

Answer:

The first argument that can be used against such measure is that the theory of social darwinism developed by Herbert Spencer has been largely discarded in the social sciences. The theory has no scientific validity, and no school of sociological or economic thought adheres to it.

The second argument is a moral argument: all people have dignity no matter whether they are rich or poor, and the poor as worthy of respect as the rich. In modern democracies, governments help the poor because poverty is seen as a negative consequence of many factors that play in a society.

From this two reasons, the argument in the question can be refuted, and the conclusion is that government programs that help the poor should be supported.