Normative Statments
What is a normative statement?
A normative statements deal with how things should or ought to be. What things are good and bad, right and wrong.
Who argued for a source of normative value which is independent of individuals' subjective morality and which consequently attains (a lesser or greater degree of) objectivity.
Christine Korsgaard
What are some examples of normative statements?
It is good to be healthy. Pain is bad, and should be avoided. Life is valuable. To live is good.
Why are normative statements important 1.
Normative statements are an integral part of human life. They are fundamental for prioritizing goals and organizing and planning.
Why are normative statements important 4.
Science can be used to cure cancer and or maybe extend the human live five hundred years, but whether we SHOULD is a normative statement and within the domain of philosophy.
Why are normative statements important 3.
To evaluate various scientific procedures as good, better, and best, require normative statements. "This procedure is more accurate than the other, and that is PREFERABLE." (This needs to be evaluated)
Why are normative statements important 2.
To try and live free of normative statements is to condemn yourself to a logically senseless and meaningless existence. A sentient being can live without scientific statements, but not without normative ones