Appeal to Nature

This 'appeal to nature' reading gives me something to think about mostly because I did not consider it before. I always just assumed natural or organic is good and never thought about anything else as an alternative. I do use synthetic materials in my daily life such as fake leather and other goods like plastic, which may be very useful and not natural. Some may argue the evidence that real leather is a better, more durable material however I choose not to use leather and fur because of their natural property and where they came from, therefore artificial materials are of much use to me in this instance.

Also, there are substances like Aspirin, which is one of the oldest chemical compounds known to civilization, dating back to ancient Egypt. This is a compound found in nature but reproduced in a laboratory for mass production. How does one term artificial? There must be more to it than mere laboratory creation and also include behavior and human response. An example in class was how behaviors may be natural, but surprising because nature often goes against what we as humans observe to be normal (though our scope of history is so small compared to the history of the "natural world"). So if a behavior surprises us in a good or comfortable way it is considered natural, but if the reaction to certain conduct leaves society surprised negatively or in an uncomfortable manner then backlash will occur. Some examples of this may be divorce, promiscuity or non-monogamous relationships, homosexuality, and even vegetarianism because these examples have historically been noted as "unusual" when they very well may not be.