Why 'It's Natural' Is Never a Good Moral Argument
People love saying things are “natural” when they want to win an argument. Meat-eating is natural. Monogamy isn’t natural. Competition is natural. Cooperation is natural. Whatever position you want to defend, somewhere in the animal kingdom you can find an example that supports it. This should be your first clue that the argument doesn’t work. But here’s the real problem: natural things aren’t automatically good. Cancer is natural. Dying in childbirth is natural....