Examples of Claims of Normative Ethics:
- It is wrong to have extramarital sexual relations.
- Lying is wrong.
- Mother Theresa was a morally good person.
- You should treat others as you wish others would treat you.
- People who are unable to survive in society without help from others
should be left to die.
- We should adopt an attitude of tolerance toward the practices of other
cultures.
Richard Lee,
rlee@uark.edu,
last modified: 6 July 2008