The article explores the notion forwarded by American philosopher Charles S. Peirce in which he presupposed that if science could be considered normative, then normative judgment could also be objective. It explores the writings of American philosophers including Richard S. Robin, Hilary Putnam, John Rawls, and Morton White on topics of ethics, science, and normativity. Other topics considered include observation, metaphysics, the dichotomy between facts and values, ethics, ontology, and final causation.