A cross-cultural researcher finds that across the world most legislators are male.He concludes that the political office in his own country should be closed to women.The researcher is most clearly guilty of

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The naturalistic fallacy involves deriving an ethical "ought" from a descriptive "is." In this case, the researcher concludes that because most legislators are male (a descriptive fact), political office should be closed to women (an ethical or normative statement), which is a classic example of the naturalistic fallacy.

A Cross-Cultural Researcher Finds That Across the World Most Legislators