What Is the Naturalistic Fallacy

question 15

Multiple Choice

What is the naturalistic fallacy?

• A) Something must be good because it is natural
• B) Something must be natural because it is good
• C) We can understand nature by experimentation
• D) We cannot understand nature by experimentation

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Definitions:

Thomas Robert Malthus

An English economist and demographer best known for his theory that population growth will outpace agricultural production, leading to widespread poverty and famine.

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