naturalistic fallacy
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The fallacious belief that something is automatically good because it is natural or…The fallacious belief that something is automatically good because it is natural or automatically bad because it is unnatural.
Meaning
2 sensesThe fallacious belief that something is automatically good because it is natural or automatically bad because it is unnatural.
Any attempt to define "good" verbally, instead of treating it as an undefined term, in terms of which other terms are defined.
Origin
Introduced by British philosopher G. E. Moore in his 1903 book Principia Ethica.Introduced by British philosopher G. E. Moore in his 1903 book Principia Ethica.
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Forms
plural: naturalistic fallacies| Singular | naturalistic fallacy |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedis-ought problem