Question

In what way did Carnegie’s “Gospel of Wealth” challenge social Darwinism?

A) Carnegie wrote that wealthy industrialists should give handouts directly to less fortunate people.

B) Carnegie stated that the wealthy are the fittest and therefore have an obligation to the less fortunate.

C) Carnegie declared that the rich obtained their wealth from circumstance, not because they were fitter than the less fortunate.

D) Carnegie promoted the idea that the rich are entitled to their wealth because they are smarter and more resourceful.

Answer 1

I just took the test the correct answer is B. Carnegie stated that the wealthy are the fittest and therefore have an obligation to the less fortunate.

Answer 2

B) Carnegie stated that the wealthy are the fittest and therefore have an obligation to the less fortunate.

Carnegie stated in The Gospel of Wealth that the surplus was better put to use when well administrated by the wealthy, and that this had a moral obligation with those less fortunate than them.