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The "fact-value distinction" holds that statements of fact should never be confused with statements of value.
More strongly put, this distinction means that statements of fact do not even imply statements of value.
In contrast with those logical positivists who thought that statements of value merely express attitudes, pro or con, to objects, persons, or situations, but are neither true nor false, Lewis (1946, 396 98) thought that statements of value were as true or false as other empirical statements, and every bit as empirically verifiable or falsifiable, confirmable or disconfirmable.
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On the contrary, said Michael Wills, the Ministry of Justice official in charge of the statement-of-values exercise.
As declared in their statements of values and vision: "The minister is the one who sets the vision.
In this study, we investigated the extent to which current statements of values are supported by doctors working in the different healthcare systems of the UK and USA.
Consequently, efforts to improve health are based on clear statements of values and principles of a given community, in conjunction with an analysis of determinants that occur on the societal, community and individual levels (Green and Ottoson 1999, p 4).
Now, GitHub's motto "In Collaboration we Trust" is a statement of value, who we are, and how we will proceed.
Deutsche Bank's Web site includes a statement of values.
"We tell families this is not a statement of values," one Marsh executive said.
Well, at least Enron's leaders thought it important to produce a statement of values.
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