There is an unfortunate normative division of labour in force between ELSI researchers and the natural scientists.
To say that meaning/content is essentially (ME/CE or MD/CD) normative is to say that meaning/content is essentially such that certain norms are valid, or in force, whenever something has meaning/content.
One can even say that the European Union has slowly become a "normative" force in the world in reaction to the evolution of America's power.
Although there were no formal barriers to pursuing an artistic career, Besharat's experienced a normative force in society that kept his ambitions at a low level.
Nietzsche cast suspicion on the use of moral intuition, which Kant used as the foundation of his morality, arguing that it has no normative force in ethics.
The European Union's normative and legal foundations are to be found in a Charter of Fundamental Rights which is legally binding for all EU members since the Lisbon Treaty is in force since 2009.
In elucidating this normative dimension of force, we have sought to characterize speech acts in terms of their conversational roles.
Dworkin's trumping metaphor makes it tempting to characterize the normative force of rights in the stronger terms of conclusive reasons.
Others speak in this context of "normative force".
An important parameter in an IP theory is the normative force the theory is supposed to have.
