Identify each of the following statements as positive or nor

Identify each of the following statements as positive or normative, and explain your answer. Society should take measures to prevent people from engaging in dangerous personal behavior. People who engage in dangerous personal behavior impose higher costs on society through higher medical costs.

Solution

(a)    What is Normative Statement?

Normative Statement includes: what should be, what ought to be, Value judgment.

So, when we say society should take measures to prevent people from engaging in dangerous personal behavior, means that there is the existence of value judgment in the statement. That is why we call this statement as Normative Statement.

   (b)     What is Positive Statement?

Positive Statement includes: What is. {For example: When rate of interest goes up, demand for money goes down.}.

So, when we analyze the above statement, it shows what is. The society faces higher medical costs when its people engage themselves in non-economic activities like engaging themselves in dangerous personal behavior.