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    It is not the case that Moore's open-question argument establishes that any attempt to define a normative property in terms of natural or nonaesthetic properties commits the naturalistic fallacy.

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    • 1.The open question argument assumes definitions must preserve all conceivable questions; but water = H2O despite people wondering if water exists.
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    • 2.Normative terms might be rigidly designating natural properties (like 'gold') without being analytically defined by natural descriptions.
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    • 3.The argument conflates semantic non-identity with metaphysical non-identity; properties can be identical despite different conceptual routes.
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    • 1.For any natural property definition of 'good,' we can coherently ask whether that property is actually good without contradiction.
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    • 2.If 'good' were definitionally identical to a natural property, this further question would be nonsensical, like asking if bachelors are unmarried.
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    • 3.The persistent conceptual gap between descriptive facts and normative conclusions suggests they cannot be the same property.
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