According to Huxley, "Social progress means a checking of the cosmic process at every step and the substitution for it of another, which may be called the ethical process; the end of which is not the survival of those who may happen to be the fittest, in respect of the whole of the conditions which obtain, but of those who are ethically the best."

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This quote from Huxley expresses his belief that social progress should prioritize ethical considerations over a strictly Darwinian approach of survival of the fittest.

According to Huxley, "Social Progress Means a Checking of the Cosmic