Sentence examples for normative concepts from inspiring English sources

Some theorists within this group argued that biological teleology could not be explained entirely in terms of natural selection because the former essentially involved references to normative concepts such as the "good" (of an organism or its parts), "benefit" (to an organism or its parts), or "harmony" (of a biological system).

By default, C comprises eight different normative concepts.

What does this show about the metaphysical basis of normative concepts?

A final important feature of Moore's metaethics was its reductionism about normative concepts.

Callicott et al. (1999) examined "biodiversity" as one of the current normative concepts in conservation.

This strategy generates a distinctive analysis of key normative concepts of Ancient China.

Therefore, it is important to distinguish this conception from the one used here as a normative concept of integration and a subsequent model of policy.

Segregation, in and of itself, is not a normative concept, like injustice, but instead is a condition that, in order to ascribe causation, requires investigation of all its dimensions.

Other critics note that economists often view economic rationality as a normative concept (that is, it can be applied to a wide variety of people and situations), and economically rational people would thus be required to maximize their individual interests or utility, which could lead them to violate the interests and rights of others.

First, those who held most closely to the Marxian tradition (for example, Herbert Marcuse, Erich Fromm, Georges Friedmann, and Henri Lefebvre) treated alienation as a normative concept, as an instrument for criticizing the established state of affairs in the light of some standard based on human nature, "natural law," or moral principle.

Obedience is a normative concept.