Nature is not a Guide to Morality

[unspeakablehorror]

I don't think appeals to nature are a good moral  justification for an action or behavior (which may not be any more 'natural' than the things such an appeal is meant to exclude.)

Disease is natural.  Pain and suffering is natural.  Furthermore, these aren't just incidental facets of nature, but deeply entrenched and seemingly inextricable ones.  That doesn't make them good, and people seem to want to avoid them for themselves and anyone they care about.

I sure wish people would come up with better arguments for their beliefs than that something is natural.   I mean, this kind of appeal is often used to justify, say, anti-vax ideology, and I've seen many people rightfully criticize such appeals in that context, but that doesn't stop this from being a type of uncritically accepted reasoning outside of that context. I've seen many people who  clearly argue that natural is not the same as good in regards to beliefs like anti-vax ideology, but then will morally justify certain aspects of their own behavior or society on the idea that it's 'natural'.