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Normative and Descriptive Claims
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Descriptive claims report how things are; normative claims say how things ought to be. Ethics is the systematic study of the normative.
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"Most people break small promises" is descriptive—a survey could check it. "Promise-breaking is wrong" is normative—no survey touches it.
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Mixing the two smuggles conclusions: popularity is not permission.