Sentence examples for normative aims from inspiring English sources

Given that philosophy of neuroscience, as other branches of philosophy of science, has both descriptive and normative aims, it is critical to develop methods for accurate estimation of current norms and practices in neuroscience.

The second strand of political economy, constitutional political economy, does have normative aims.

Assimilation and multiculturalism not only have different normative aims and descriptive characteristics, but also imply particular ways of identifying how immigrants (should) integrate into the receiving country.

The normative aim is to clarify our ideas about a fair global economy: about what levels of compensation are reasonable in different conditions (of firm success, national and regional standards, and global performance).

His purpose, he said, was "to expound certain obscure and dark terms concerning the laws of this realm". The dictionaries of technical terms in many fields often have the purpose of standardizing the terminology; this normative aim is especially important in newly developing countries where the language has not yet become accommodated to modern technological needs.

Much of On Benefits is normative, aiming to lay down "a law of life" (1.4.2). about giving, receiving, and returning.

In the second half of the 20th century it gained new currency in peace research, a contemporary form of theorizing that combines analysis of the origins of warfare with a strong normative element aiming at its prevention.

The 2011 White Paper on Transport, as published by the European Commission; that is a sort of normative scenario, aiming at a sharp reduction of transport-related CO2 emission for 2050.

The Programme should also continue to update the legal and normative frameworks aimed at improving the human and financial resources management of the public sector.

The above elements of the normative framework (aim, balance of benefits and harms for those tested) also apply when prenatal screening takes the form of a (commercial) testing offer made available to patients through individual practitioners or practices.

In the "deliberation" stage, for example, the ethical-theoretical framework was needed to guide the normative deliberation aiming at an ethically justified assessment of the moral problems which had been identified in the earlier project stages.