Naturalistic fallacy
Naturalistic fallacy
Real World
Utilitarian arguments that 'what maximises happiness is good' commit Moore's naturalistic fallacy — he used his 'open question argument' to show that asking 'is maximising happiness really good?' remains genuinely open, not trivially true.
Exam Focus
Clearly explain the open question argument as Moore's proof; simply stating 'you can't define good' without this reasoning loses marks.
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