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"..
Aquinas developed five ways for proving the existence of God, and one of them was a version of the cosmological argument that aims to answer the questions of how the universe began, why the universe was created, and who created it. The argument is a posteriori, as it is based...
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There are a lot of people who think that the death penalty shouldn"t be legal anywhere in the United States. They say that killing someone doesn"t right the wrong that has been committed against society and/or another individual. They say that executing the offender doesn"t allow him a chance to...
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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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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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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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