Nature¶
Mill, J. S. (1874). Nature. Three Essays on Religion.
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- Naturalistic Fallacy
- The audit does not relitigate whether the item is natural; it demands the missing bridging premise "whatever is natural is good" and then defeats that premise directly with ready counterexamples: many natural substances are lethal (cyanide, botulinum toxin, snake venom, arsenic), and many unnatural interventions are plainly beneficial (vaccination, antibiotics, corrective lenses, water treatment)
This sourceMill's essay 'Nature', arguing that conformity to nature has no connection with right and wrong and that a thing's being unnatural is no argument against it.
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“That a thing is unnatural, in any precise meaning which can be attached to the word, is no argument for its being blamable”
- The audit does not relitigate whether the item is natural; it demands the missing bridging premise "whatever is natural is good" and then defeats that premise directly with ready counterexamples: many natural substances are lethal (cyanide, botulinum toxin, snake venom, arsenic), and many unnatural interventions are plainly beneficial (vaccination, antibiotics, corrective lenses, water treatment)
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