What are the implications of Darwin\'s ideas for the traditional view of human nature (both rationalistic and Judeo-Christian versions)? What are the implications of Darwin\'s ideas for the traditional view of human nature (both rationalistic and Judeo-Christian versions)? Solution Traditional Western views of human nature assume that all humans have the same human nature: They are conscious, rational selves who have a purpose. Some Traditional views refer to this immaterially defined self as the \"soul\". One important version of the Traditional Western view of human nature is the ancient Greek view that sees humans as uniquely rational beings with a purpose. This view contends that reason can and should rule over human desire and aggressiveness. The Judeo-Christian religious view claims that humans are made in the image of God, who has endowed them with rational self-consciousness and an ability to love. In the Christian version, the self is immaterial and distinct from the body.. The Traditional view of human nature and our ordinary thinking assume that humans have a self that endures through time. Descartes claims that the enduring self is a soul. Locke argues that memory produces the enduring self. Buddhism and Hume suggest that there is no enduring self. Some scientific views challenge the Traditional view of human nature. Darwin argued that humans evolved from earlier animal species through random variations and a natural selection that is the result of a struggle for existence. Darwin\'s view has been taken to imply that human nature has no purpose and is not unique..