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qid 11252 · philosophy

Question: When it comes to defining good, Moore claims that many past philosophers are guilty of:

  1. the false dilemma fallacy.
  2. the appeal to authority fallacy.
  3. the straw man fallacy.
  4. the naturalistic fallacy.
  5. the ad hominem fallacy.
  6. begging the question.
  7. the slippery slope fallacy.
  8. the red herring fallacy.
  9. circular reasoning.
  10. the hasty generalization fallacy.

Our answer: D. the naturalistic fallacy. Source quote machine-checked (strict)

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G. E. Moore, Principia Ethica (Project Gutenberg edition)

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“He argues that "good" cannot be defined and that attempts to do so commit the naturalistic fallacy.”

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