Positive and Normative Statements

Question 1

What is a normative statement?

Answer 1

normative statement

A statement about what ought to be; it is based on a value judgment.

Question 2

What is a positive statement?

Answer 2

positive statement

A statement about what actually is, was, or will be; it is not based on a value judgment.

Question 3

What dose the difference between positive and normative statements help us distinguish?

Answer 3

Distinguishing what is actually true from what we would like to be true requires distinguishing between positive and normative statements