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Those who first introduced Carnegie to Darwinism were a
number of so-called free and enlightened thinkers seeking a

new “religion of humanity,” whom he met at the home of a New
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York University professor. One of the members of Carnegie's
intimate circle was Herbert Spencer, the follower of Darwin and
one of the most important figures in Social Darwinism. These
businessmen adopted the twisted thinking of Spencer and
Darwin, but were unable to calculate the impasse into which it
would drag both them and their society.
Richard Milner, an anthropologist from the American
Museum of Natural History and author of The Encyclopedia of
Evolution, describes how Carnegie fell under the influence of
Darwinism:
Carnegie rose in business to become a powerful, ruthless tycoon
who exploited man and Earth, crushed competition, and justified
his actions by a philosophy of Social Darwinism. Entrepreneurial
competition, he believed, does a service to society by eliminating
the weaker elements. Those who survive in business are “fit,” and
therefore deserve their positions and rewards. 29

Carnegie and those who thought like him made a grave
error to assume that being powerful and ruthless was part of
business life. It is perfectly natural that people should earn a liv-
ing in order to live at ease and in comfort. However, it is com-
pletely unacceptable to cause harm to others, to turn a blind eye
to people in difficult circumstances for the sake of one's own in-
terests, or to oppress the weak in order to increase one's own
power still further. God has commanded people to be honest in
business, as in all other spheres, and to protect the rights of the
needy. It is an enormous lie to suggest that by oppressing the
weak and even seeking to eliminate them altogether, one is aim-
ing for the good of society.
In his later years, Carnegie always used Darwinist expres-

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