Naturalistic Fallacy

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Logic

Foundational Lexiconis means ought
Executive Parlancedescriptive-normative confusion
Scholarly Discoursefact-value conflation
Babel ZenithNaturalistic Fallacy
Origin: G.E. Moore

Etymology & Meaning

Deriving 'ought' from 'is' without justification.

In the Boardroom

'Markets are efficient, so regulation is wrong.'

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