Editing Naturalistic fallacy (section)

===Appeal to nature===
{{Main|Appeal to nature}}

Some people use the phrase, ''naturalistic fallacy'' or ''[[appeal to nature]]'', in a different sense, to characterize inferences of the form "Something is natural; therefore, it is morally acceptable" or "This property is unnatural; therefore, this property is undesirable." Such inferences are common in discussions of [[medicine]], [[homosexuality]], [[environmentalism]], and [[veganism]].
{{quote|The naturalistic fallacy is the idea that what is found in nature is good. It was the basis for [[social Darwinism]], the belief that helping the poor and sick would get in the way of evolution, which depends on the survival of the fittest. Today, biologists denounce the naturalistic fallacy because they want to describe the natural world honestly, without people deriving morals about how we ought to behave (as in: If birds and beasts engage in adultery, infanticide, cannibalism, it must be OK).|sign = [[Steven Pinker]]<ref name="Pinker">{{Cite web|title = Q&A: Steven Pinker of 'Blank Slate'|url = http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2002/10/30/QA-Steven-Pinker-of-Blank-Slate/26021035991232/|website = [[UPI]]|access-date = December 5, 2015|date = October 30, 2002|last = Sailer|first = Steve|archive-date = December 5, 2015|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151205074319/http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2002/10/30/QA-Steven-Pinker-of-Blank-Slate/26021035991232/}}</ref>}}