Explain the opposing views held by Herbert Spencer and Thomas Henry Huxley regarding evolutionary ethics and how Darwin's original ideas informed their beliefs.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Spencer's belief that competition in inherently good for human progress
2. The origins of Spencer's ideas in terms of natural selection and Darwin's concept of a constantly changing and adapting human race
3. Huxley's argument that humans' ethical development and physical evolution are at odds
4. Huxley's contention that nature shows humans how not to behave
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