[Kinesiology 2292F/G] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (29 pages long)

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2292F/G
• Professor: Angela Schneider

Document Summary

Normative questions and reasons are distinguished by the fact that they aim not so much to describe accurately some state of affairs as to prescribe how we should act in certain circumstances. The point of normative reasons and arguments is to guide, instruct, recommend, advise, and evaluate how human beings should behave. Objective questions: include questions that are clear and uncontroversial. Subjective questions: t(cid:455)pi(cid:272)all(cid:455) used to dete(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:374)e people"s pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)al p(cid:396)efe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)es, the(cid:396)e is no one correct answer. Normative questions cannot be answered objectively or subjectively. Moral debates (according to blackburn) are all about offering carefully considered arguments rather than the tossing out of personal opinions. (cid:862)the(cid:396)e is (cid:374)o li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g (cid:449)ithout sta(cid:374)da(cid:396)ds of li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g. (cid:863) blackburn. Motivating reasons (normative reasons) are what prompt us to act in one way rather than another. It is apparent that normative reasons are constituted by the justificatory work they do, and by the values that supply the standards that such work cannot get by without.