Naturalistic Fallacy in Ethics of G. E. Moore
Mohammad Al Jabr, Philosophy Department, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria.
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to define the natural Fallacy in ethics’ that appears in Moore’s contemporary moral discussions, especially in his definition of Good that indicates a property which can empirically be observed
The paper shows that Moore has correlated the word “nature” with the view that unifies good and such a property. The fact witch leads natural doctrine to commit such a fallacy, thinking that the fundamental morol perception is one with cannot be analyzed or defined. The main issue, then centerized around whether Moore is right in accusing effort made by Moralists with fallacious, as well as, contrary to the independence of moral research.