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Single Idea 11056

[filed under theme 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / a. Idealistic ethics ]

Full Idea

The naturalistic fallacy ..consists in the contention that good means nothing but some simple or complex notion, that can be defined in terms of natural qualities.

Gist of Idea

The naturalistic fallacy claims that natural qualties can define 'good'

Source

G.E. Moore (Principia Ethica [1903], §044)

Book Ref

Moore,G.E.: 'Principia Ethica' [CUP 1980], p.73