Consider the following statements regarding the approaches of Political Science - (I) The empirical…
Statement (I) is correct: the empirical approach in Political Science is descriptive ('what is'), while the normative approach is prescriptive/evaluative ('what ought to…
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Consider the following statements regarding the approaches of Political Science -
(I) The empirical approach remains largely descriptive, while the normative approach is mainly prescriptive.
(II) The empirical approach is concerned with those laws which are alterable, while the normative approach seeks to discover laws that are unalterable.
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Correct answer B
Statement (I) is correct: the empirical approach in Political Science is descriptive ('what is'), while the normative approach is prescriptive/evaluative ('what ought to be'). Statement (II) is incorrect because empirical science seeks to discover invariant/general empirical regularities (laws of behaviour), whereas normative inquiry prescribes moral norms and ideals to reform or alter human institutions.
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