Sentence examples for by reference to normative from inspiring English sources

QRE is not a refinement of NE, in the sense of being a philosophically motivated effort to strengthen NE by reference to normative standards of rationality.

The SARTRE 4 study included one question with reference to normative orientation which can be interpreted in the context of cathectic meaning: "If you drink and drive you will be stopped and fined by the police".

The general principles of battery design to meet these requirements are discussed with reference to normative standards.

We would argue that publications on empirical studies in medical ethics as a normative discipline should always include at least some reference to normative analysis.

A considered reference to normative research questions can be expected from good quality empirical research in medical ethics.

High quality empirical research in medical ethics is in need of a considered reference to normative analysis.

In this paper, we will argue that high quality empirical research in medical ethics is in need of a considered reference to normative research questions.

The transformation used is a linear T-score transformation with reference data from the Netherlands (14), which has the advantage of making the different dimensions of health easier to interpret without further reference to normative data (12, 15).

By 'welfare' we refer to some normative index of relative well-being, justified by reference to some background framework.

An alternative, and quite different, typology is offered by Molewijk et al. [ 9], who distinguish between different kinds of research strategy by reference to the locus of moral authority in order to clarify how best to arrive at a normative conclusion.

Embarrassed by references to bodily functions?