A prescriptive claim is when someone uses their own judgment to determine what should be. The claim does not simply describe what is, but rather how it should be. For example, someone saying “Margaret is skinny,” is not a prescriptive claim because there is no claim on what should happen, rather there is only what is. Instead, if someone said “Margaret should gain some weight,” this would qualify as a prescriptive claim because the person is stating what should happen. Prescriptive claims are typically used to express value judgments. Prescriptive claims are used when people want to differentiate from the good and the bad or the best and the worst based on their personal opinions. Another example would be when parents say to their children “You should remember to floss”, or even “Don’t treat your brother so badly”. These prescriptive claims show what the parents think is best for their children in their own judgment.
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