自し然ぜん主しゅ義ぎ的てき誤ご謬びゅう

noun

naturalistic fallacy

A technical term in ethics, introduced by G. E. Moore, referring to the mistake of defining 'good' in terms of natural properties. Used in academic philosophy.

• ムーアは、善ぜんを自し然ぜんな性せい質しつで定てい義ぎしようとすることを自し然ぜん主しゅ義ぎ的てき誤ご謬びゅうと呼よんだ。

  Moore called the attempt to define good in terms of natural properties the naturalistic fallacy.