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Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was born in Derby, England. He
wrote about human existence and world phenomena. His views

are empirical, and he paid special attention to facts in the
development of phenomena. Spencer points out that the whole,

or as he puts it, the integration, is imminent for humanity.

“With the rise of society, the fierce struggle for survival in the
primitive communities will increasingly be replaced by growing

integration among people.”

Spencer says that evolution in all fields leads to higher
development and social development will come to the point when

individual and social needs will be equal and by this the quantity
of evil will diminish.

Spencer believed that:

“It follows from the doctrine about organic evolution that the

highest type of living creatures must continue to develop

according to the demands imposed by circumstances. This
development includes moral changes.”

Spencer, like many other philosophers throughout history,
realized that the whole is the pinnacle of ethical behavior.

Humanity is achieved through integration of the entire world into

a whole. Equalization of the individual interest with the social

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