Claim of Value

ROLAND P. UMANGAY
Reading and Writing Skills
 Claim of Value

• A claim of value is based on preference such as likes

or dislikes, whether it is good or bad.
• It is a claim with qualifiable assertion; it is an
argument about a moral, aesthetic, or philosophical
value.
• It involves judgments, appraisals, and evaluation.
 Claim of Value
• Everyone has a bias of sorts, often embedded in social,
religious, and/or cultural values.
• •At this point, you can OPEN UP your topic by comparing
and contrasting your problem with a similar one in another
time and/or place.
• When you “fight” with friends and colleagues over
intellectual issues, you are usually debating claims of value.
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• Claim of value is disagreement over values that are
“wrong” in the sense that they are inaccurate.
•  Argument usually turns on whether the underlying
value of the claim is accepted as a public good.
•  Look for key words that are matter of judgment
rather than fact: good, well, kind, useful, desirable, etc.
 Examples: Claim of Value
1. It is good to stay at home to avoid getting infected
with the disease.
2. 2. Washing of hands is the best way to keep
ourselves healthy.
3. 3. Drug abuse is not an option if you have
problems..
 Writing Claim of Value

This time, we will create claims

of value with the issue of
racial discrimination.
 Writing Claim of Value

Let us be guided by the following questions

in crafting claim of value: a. Is the act or
topic good or bad?
b. Is it moral or immoral?
c. Is it justifiable or unjustifiable?
 Writing Claim of Value
Here are examples of claims of value that we can make about
racial discrimination.
1. Discriminating someone on the basis of his/her race is very
wrong.
2. It is cruel to hurt someone because they don’t look like you.
3. Curtailing other’s rights because of his color is unjustifiable.
 Activity

Our country has been confronted with so many

issues and problems in the past and much more
this time of pandemic. Your task now is to write
your own claims of value. Be guided by the
rubrics below. Write your answer on your answer
sheet.
Activity
 CLAIM OF POLICY

 Claim of Policy asserts that something

should or should not be done by
someone about something. It proposes
that some specific course of action
should, but not necessarily will, be taken.
 CLAIM OF POLICY

Claim of Policy: argues that

something SHOULD/SHOULD not
be done, believed, or it must be
banned.
 CLAIM OF POLICY

Claim of Policy: 

Also called the Problem-Solution

technique.
 CLAIM OF POLICY

Claim of Policy: 
 To support--you must first convince the
audience that a problem exists and then
prove that your policy will fix it.
 CLAIM OF POLICY

Example: 
 Uniforms SHOULD be required
at all public high schools.
 CLAIM OF POLICY

These essays advocate adoption

of policies or courses of action
because problems have arisen that
call for a solution.
 CHARACTERISTICS
 Typically provide a solution
 Often procedural
 Usually involves sub-claims of fact and values
 Involves convincing the audience that a problem exists
 considering opposing arguments
 providing specific data that shows the benefits of the claim
 PROOF REQUIRES…

• Making proposed action clear

• Needs justification
• Plan must be workable
• Consider opposition
 Steps in defending a claim

•   Make factual claim

•  Refer to values that support the claim
•  Introduce policy to show why the solution
can solve the problem
 EXAMPLES
•  The death penalty should be abolished because it
does nothing to prevent murder.
•  Legislation should be passed to stop the sale of
cigarettes.
•  The age at which people can get a driver’s license
must be raised to 18.