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open question argument: a standalone construct

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Ethics

the argument that for any natural property it remains an open question whether it is good, so goodness cannot be defined by it.

In ethics, open question argument refers to the argument that for any natural property it remains an open question whether it is good, so goodness cannot be defined by it. This meaning comes from Moore (1903) in Principia ethica.[1]

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References

Moore, G. E. (1903). Principia ethica. University Press. ISBN 9780342811847

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