Maggie's Farm

The Damore panel we posted yesterday mentioned two related fallacies, "Is-Ought" and the naturalistic fallacy.

"Is-Ought" generally is used to refer to the mistaken assumption that a statement of fact is some sort of moral endorsement of the fact.  This assumption often lies behind efforts to suppress or ignore unpopular facts. 

"The term "naturalistic fallacy" or "appeal to nature" may also be used to characterize inferences of the form "Something is natural; therefore, it is morally acceptable" or "This property is unnatural; therefore, this property is undesirable."" (Wiki).  "Natural," however, is near-impossible to define in human terms because formation of culture is natural for humans.