Question

You here a policy analyst say no individual should have less than a 10, 000 income in Cuba, decide whether this is a positive or normative statement, briefly explain your answer.

Answer 1

Philosophers draw a distinction between positive statements, which describe the world as it is, and normative statements, which describe how the world should be. Positive statements are factual. They may be true or false, but we can test them, at least in principle. Normative statements are subjective questions of opinion. We cannot test them since we cannot prove opinions to be true or false. They just are opinions based on one's values.

Here , a policy analyst says no individual should have less than $ 10,000 income in Cuba. The above statement reflects opinion of what should be the minimum income of an individual in Cuba. Although, currently average income of an individual in Cuba may be less or more than this.