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Ethical conduct aims to fit as many as possible to survive, not at the survival of the fittest
Drawn from what Thomas Henry Huxley said
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- Thomas Henry Huxley English biologist and advocate of Darwin's theory (1825 to 1895)
In place of ruthless self-assertion it demands self-restraint; in place of thrusting aside, or treading down, all competitors, it requires that the individual shall not merely respect, but shall help his fellows; its influence is directed, not so much to the survival of the fittest, as to the fitting of as many as possible to survive. It repudiates the gladiatorial theory of existence.
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↗Evolution and Ethics: Prolegomena and Romanes Lecture (1893-1894)gutenberg.org
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