how did it affect political arguments?
These ideas were being used to justify military aggression and unethical business practices
On the Origin of Species
Darwin objected to his ideas being used to justify military aggression and unethical business practices as he believed morality was part of fitness in humans, and he opposed polygenism, the idea that human races were fundamentally distinct and did not share a recent common 
when was charles darwin's book the origin of species published 24 November 1859 who was the publisher? UNANSWERABLE where was it published outside great britain? United States, France, Germany what was its effect on scientific community? Evolution through natural laws was worthy of scientific study, and by 1875, most scientists accepted that evolution occurred but few thought natural selection was significant.
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On the Origin of Species [SEP] Impact on economic and political debates
Historians write that most such political and economic commentators had only a superficial understanding of Darwin's scientific theory, and were as strongly influenced by other concepts about social progress and evolution, such as the Lamarckian ideas of Spencer and Haeckel, as they were by Darwin's work. Darwin objected to his ideas being used to justify military aggression and unethical business practices as he believed morality was part of fitness in humans, and he opposed polygenism, the idea that human races were fundamentally distinct and did not share a recent common ancestry.