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'''Herbert Spencer''' (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was one of the leading 19th-century English radical individualists. He began working as a journalist for the [[laissez-faire]] magazine ''[[The Economist]]'' in the 1850s. Much of the rest of his life was spent working on an all-encompassing theory of human development based upon the ideas of individualism, [[utilitarianism|utilitarian]] moral theory, social and biological evolution, limited government, and laissez-faire economics. | '''Herbert Spencer''' (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was one of the leading 19th-century English radical individualists. He began working as a journalist for the [[laissez-faire]] magazine ''[[The Economist]]'' in the 1850s. Much of the rest of his life was spent working on an all-encompassing theory of human development based upon the ideas of individualism, [[utilitarianism|utilitarian]] moral theory, social and biological evolution, limited government, and laissez-faire economics. | ||
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Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was one of the leading 19th-century English radical individualists. He began working as a journalist for the laissez-faire magazine The Economist in the 1850s. Much of the rest of his life was spent working on an all-encompassing theory of human development based upon the ideas of individualism, utilitarian moral theory, social and biological evolution, limited government, and laissez-faire economics.