?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=THE+NATURALNESS+OF+THE+NATURALISTIC+FALLACY+AND+THE+ETHICS+OF+NANOTECHNOLOGY&rft.creator=Dorato%2C+Mauro&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Science+Policy&rft.subject=Technology&rft.subject=Values+In+Science&rft.description=In+the+first+part+of+this+paper%2C+I+try+to+clear+the+ground+from+frequent+misconceptions+about+the+relationship+between+fact+and+value+by+examining+some+uses+of+the+adjective+%E2%80%9Cnatural%E2%80%9D+in+ethical+controversies.+Such+uses+bear+evidence+to+our+%E2%80%9Cnatural%E2%80%9D+tendency+to+regard+nature+(considered+in+a+descriptive+sense%2C+as+the+complex+of+physical+and+biological+regularities)+as+the+source+of+ethical+norms.+I+then+try+to+account+for+the+origin+of+this+tendency+by+offering+three+related+explanations%2C+the+most+important+of+which+regards+it+as+the+outcome+of+an+adaptation%3A+if+any+behaviour+that+favours+our+equilibrium+with+the+environment+is+potentially+adaptive%2C+nothing+can+be+more+effective+for+this+goal+than+developing+an+attitude+toward+the+natural+world+that+regards+it+as+a+dispenser+of+sacred+norms+that+must+be+invariably+respected.+By+referring+to+the+Aristotelian+notion+of+human+flourishing+illustrated+in+the+first+part+of+the+paper%2C+in+the+second+I+discuss+some+ethical+problems+raised+by+mini-chips+implantable+under+in+our+bodies.+I+conclude+by+defending+the+potential+beneficial+effects+of+such+new+technological+instruments&rft.date=2013-04-13&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F9673%2F1%2Fdoratorev.pdf&rft.identifier=Dorato%2C+Mauro+(2013)+THE+NATURALNESS+OF+THE+NATURALISTIC+FALLACY+AND+THE+ETHICS+OF+NANOTECHNOLOGY.+[Preprint]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F9673%2