Question

Give your own (that is, not taken from the book or from class) examples of the following: (I) a statement which has cognitive meaning but does not make a value claim, (II) a statement which makes a value claim but does not have emotive meaning (III) a statement that has emotive meaning (IV) an expression which has emotive meaning but does not have cognitive meaning.

Answer 1

1. Solving a rubix cube is healthy for children.

Here rubix cube helps to developing brain cognitive skills as it develops brain and a sense of accomplishment upon completion due to its hardness, but is worthless when talking on values approach as it is random act for anyone with no relationship to values whatsoever.

2. Indian Brahmins remain vegans for life.

They are just following their traditions and values given to them by their previous generations. This hardly has any cognitive or any other advantages over non-vegans as they're diet is a balanced one.

3. After children become adults they should take responsibility for their parents and try fulfilling all of their parents wishes.

Logically it has no reasoning as you are spending your money and valuable time on someone that will eventually die of old age. Logically it is reasonable to toss them in streets. But when you consider emotions then you are no less than the divil himself for tossing your parents on streets where they gave their entire life taking care for you.

4. Sadness, disappointment, crying is for by humans.

These feelings are in noway productive when talking on cognitive terms as they don't give you any scope for attaining new knowledge or any such things. But on emotional terms they are what make you a human, they might incite a spark to become better in life, be more successful and finally motivate you to turn your life around.