Tuesday, November 13, 2012

This Is Why I Think There Is Something To Non-Cognitivism

I don't think normative judgments are entirely non-cognitive, but I do think they often have practical or motivational import. I don't think this lady believes that if her husband voted, then Obama wouldn't have won the election. Rather, I think she had a plan that they would vote, and he frustrated her plan.
"GILBERT, AZ - A Mesa woman was arrested Saturday after she allegedly chased her husband around a Gilbert parking lot in an SUV during an argument over the presidential election.
The woman finally ran over her husband, leaving him with critical injuries.
According to a Gilbert police report, the argument started over her husband's lack of voter participation in the recent election.
Holly Solomon, 28, apparently believed her family was going to face hardship as a result of President Barack Obama's re-election."


Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_southeast_valley/gilbert/gilbert-pd-man-run-over-by-wife-for-not-voting#ixzz2C8CmbmNy

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