A major criticism of Spencer's theory of social Darwinism is that ______________

a. other biological organizations exercise more control over their environments than do humans
b. it may be used to justify racial/ethnic, gender, and class inequalities in society
c. it explains society in an era that is less tumultuous than that of the Industrial Revolution
d. he plagiarized the work of Charles Darwin


b

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