Social conservatives say that "marriage" is only between a man and a woman, primarily citing religious imperatives and directives to that effect.
Weiner wrote the descriptions by using the past participle, making the words definitive but not directive (or imperative), such as "A sheet of brown paper of arbitrary width and length of twice that width with a removal of the same proportions glued to the floor".
The drivers for the expansion of simulation-based education are well documented including ethical imperatives, working time directives, patient empowerment, patient safety movement and the need for learner-centred education [ 2- 5].
Both in grammar and in propositional content, the principle's gerundive "is-to-be" is neither imperative nor predictive, but rationally directive — an ought — in the way that gets its fully developed and central sense and normativity in the more specified ought of moral standards.
Moreover, the nature of the reproductive options makes it imperative to adopt a non-directive approach with potential users.
A directive sounds like an imperative, but its illocutionary force is subtler.
"When a baby is in medical distress, and the mother is in medical distress, and the directives point to an imperative to protect both human lives, those are the really difficult cases that hospital ethics committees grapple with," he said.
Considering that these parents may have positive and enriching experiences regardless of the child's disability or shortened lifespan [ 33, 34], it is imperative for health professionals to provide non-directive counselling when fetal abnormalities are detected through routine ultrasound.
And that doesn't take into account the directives and imperatives of Poland's ruling Communist Party, determined to enforce not only where but also even how people are allowed to live.
Furthermore, it has been stated that it is imperative to closely coordinate measures in context of the Floods Directive, the MSFD and the WFD to be able to reach the individual goals of each of the legislations [100, 101].
He's only following the directive that he hears in his head, an inner imperative, and against which he has little or no control.
