For too many in our world, this was norm: the lack of choice and the dependence on chance.
Second, the objection can be construed as motivated by the fact that some constructivists appeal, in developing their views, to the idea that the norms of rational choice have a constitutive status.
Thus, whether you actually presuppose the relevant basic norm is a matter of choice, it is an ideological option, as it were, not something that is dictated by Reason.
In HICs, successful delivery of interventions to prevent preterm birth and stillbirth will come up against social and cultural norms surrounding the freedom of choice in reproductive decision-making, particularly in the context of the United States.
But as the unemployment rate continues to rise in an economy that remains stubbornly sluggish, ultraconservative is becoming the norm, and gray the color of choice.
Such shifts will have implications for how these individuals interact with medical care and supportive service providers, signaling a greater need to provide person-centered care that considers such things as an individual's values, preferences, language of choice, and cultural norms.
We suggest this is based largely on the power of choice that money provides, cultural norms, gender relationships and intra-household resource allocation.
It has even been portrayed by some as a recipe for dystopia, in which over-centralisation, lack of choice and falling standards are the norm.
Swanson's examination of planned behavior theory found that participants' own perceptions of societal norms impact their choice of infant feeding method [ 35].
The novel, hospitable as it is, quickly became the art form of choice for depictions and critiques of societal norms and explorations of the great questions of the age.
