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Ideas for Paul Ricoeur, Thomas Mautner and W.H. Newton-Smith

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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

5452	'Essentialism' is opposed to existentialism, and claims there is a human nature [Mautner]
	Full Idea: In philosophical anthropology, the view that there is a human nature or essence is called 'essentialism'. It became current in 1946 as a contrast to Sartre's existentialist view.
	From: Thomas Mautner (Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy [1996], p.179)
	A reaction: Being a fan of Aristotle, I incline towards the older view, but you cannot get away from the fact that the human brain has similarities to a Universal Turing Machine, and diverse cultures produce very different individuals.