What did Moore mean by the Naturalistic Fallacy? What is naturalistic about it? Is it really a fallacy? Has either G J Warnock or Philippa Foot succeeded in establishing the legitimacy of ethical naturalism?
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"If I am asked, "What is good?" my answer is that good is good and that is the end of the matter. Or if I"m asked, "How is good to be defined?" my answer is that it cannot be defined, and that is all I have to say about it". G.E. Moore, "Principia Ethica" Indeed it does appear that this is all Moore has to say about it. The absence of any acceptable "proof" that his position is more tenable than that of the ethical naturalists or metaphysicians makes it necessary for him to make this point so forcibly....
the end of all action should be the maximum possible fulfilment or pro-interests of everyone concerned which is almost an amalgam of Utilitarianism in society and "self-realisation" in the individual. This is the least limiting definition of goodness or right action covering wide areas of human experience. To enthuse, and quote: "with a few basic definitions, the whole field of; human values including ethics, are organised in such a way that every item now springs into place a frustratingly complex area of inquiry has become simplified and clarified. It achieves unity and gives a naturalist theory in one brilliant stroke"..
the end of all action should be the maximum possible fulfilment or pro-interests of everyone concerned which is almost an amalgam of Utilitarianism in society and "self-realisation" in the individual. This is the least limiting definition of goodness or right action covering wide areas of human experience. To enthuse, and quote: "with a few basic definitions, the whole field of; human values including ethics, are organised in such a way that every item now springs into place a frustratingly complex area of inquiry has become simplified and clarified. It achieves unity and gives a naturalist theory in one brilliant stroke"..
Social science is a science unlike natural science. There are no constant variables and no way to conduct the experiments with accuracy. To some extent social science may even be considered a pseudo-science. With no specific grounds to base the theory on, social science is difficult to conduct experiments for....
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Viktor Frankl was born in Vienna, Austria on March 26, 1905. He graduated from the University of Vienna with 2 doctorates in Medicine and Philosophy, both before the start of World War II. He was taken prisoner in the war and spent 3 years at Auschwitz, Dachau and other concentration...
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Plato comprises much of his teachings and theories through his translation of "the forms". The forms are the eternal perfect image of an object or being. They are eternal and unchanging and exist above the physical world; Plato determined that to trust the senses interpretation of the world through the...
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Theory of Knowledge Paper Since the dawn of human civilization, knowledge had always been a controlling force of humanity. The greatest of men and the bloodiest of all tyrants have both used knowledge as a tool to secure control over thousands and to ensure their place in history. Similarly...
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Psychological egoism is the view that people are always selfish. When was the last time you did a good deed? Did you do it for its own sake, or for your own? The egoist says that all of us are necessarily self-regarding. I shall argue that this view is incorrect....
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