"the survival of the fittest," a slogan that virtually preempted all debate.

“适者生存”，一个几乎无可辩驳的口号。

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Natural selection ensures only the fittest survive to pass their genes on to the next generation.

物竞天择确保只有最适应环境的物种才得以生存下来，把基因传递给下一代。

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The British philosopher Herbert Spencer described this struggle as "survival of the fittest."

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If evolution is survival of the fittest, nature red in tooth and claw, how could animals evolve moral feelings?

如果进化论是讲适者生存，在弱肉强食的自然界，动物怎么能进化出道德情感？

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Survival of the fittest means survival of those best able to adapt to changing circumstances.

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Darwinian evolution requires genetic diversity plus competition that yields the survival of the fittest.

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From civilization built on mutual survival to survival of the fittest in its rawest, ugliest form.

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