Can we define "good" in terms of its effects?

The naturalistic fallacy (NF) refers to "is-ought" confusions in which empirical descriptions of nature are seen as dictating moral conclusions. The naturalistic fallacy is a source of much confusion. In what follows I will explain what G.E. Moore meant by the naturalistic fallacy, give modern day ... The Naturalistic Fallacy is based on the mistaken notion that you can deduce moral lessons from observing nature... that is, what is natural is morally good. - ... Mar 4, 2025 ... 236 likes, 13 comments - joshbanville on March 4, 2025: "Naturalistic Fallacy: The incorrect assumption that what is natural is good or ... fallacy, and to indicate where the issue really lies. The prominence of the concept of a naturalistic fallacy in recent moral philosophy is another testimony to ... G. E. Moore on the Naturalistic Fallacy. by C. Lewy. Date: 05 Jul 2023. Download · Download · Dawes Hicks Lecture on Philosophy, read 11 November 1964 ... ... naturalistic fallacy valid as a matter of logic. The three systems he investigates are, the Standard Deontic logic, a Relevant Deontic logic, and Schotch ... When the conclusion expresses what ought to be, based only on what is, or what ought not to be, based on what is not. This is very common. A naturalistic fallacy is an argument that concludes that because an outcome or action is influenced by nature, then it must be good. One example of a ... Certain scholars wish to acquit St. Thomas Aquinas of the “illicit inference from facts to norms” commonly referred to as the naturalistic fallacy. Seeing in ...