Question

3.According to your text, which of the following statements demonstrates the naturalistic fallacy?

1. We feel more at ease with, and more attracted to, people who have similar attitudes and experience as us, than with people who have very different natures.
2. When it comes to the “nature vs. nurture” debate, those biological factors that affect our nature have more influence over our behavior than the environment in which we were raised.
3. It is only natural for most of society’s positions of political authority to be occupied by men than by women.
4. Human nature is infinitely complex and largely unknowable.

Answer 1

The correct answer is Option C. The argument, "It is only natural for most of society’s positions of political authority to be occupied by men than by women" commits the naturalistic fallacy. Using this fallacy, arguments are made with the assumption that it is "natural".