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Did Hayek Commit the Naturalistic Fallacy?

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In promoting spontaneous orders—orders that evolve in a process of cultural evolution—as “efficient,†“beneficial,†and “advantageous,†Friedrich A. Hayek (1899–1992) has often been attributed the belief that there is something desirable about them. For this reason, he has been accused of committing the naturalistic fallacy, that is, of trying to derive an “ought†from an “is.†It appears that Hayek was quite aware of the charge, and vigorously disputed it: “I have no intention to commit what is often called the genetic or naturalistic fallacy†(1988, p. 27).

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  • Angner, Erik, 2004. "Did Hayek Commit the Naturalistic Fallacy?," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 26(3), pages 349-361, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jhisec:v:26:y:2004:i:03:p:349-361_00
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    1. Gedeon, Péter, 2007. "Piaci rend és társadalmi normák. Hayek elmélete a társadalmi evolúcióról [Market order and social norms. Hayeks theory of social evolution]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(1), pages 1-28.
    2. Meg Patrick Tuszynski, 2021. "Entanglement and Perverse Spontaneous Orders," Studies in Public Choice, in: David J. Hebert & Diana W. Thomas (ed.), Emergence, Entanglement, and Political Economy, pages 87-101, Springer.
    3. Guido Rossi & Salvatore Spagano, 2018. "From Custom to Law, An Economic Rationale behind the Black Lettering," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(4), pages 1109-1124, October.

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