"normative sense" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe something that pertains to or follows accepted norms or standards. Example: His actions were not in line with the normative sense of professional behavior.
Friedman refused to get caught up in a discussion of which monetary aggregate was in some normative sense the best one to use.
From a normative sense, an increase in the frequency of feedback and the ability to make changes should lead to enhanced performance as decision makers are able to respond more quickly to changes in the environment and see the consequences of their actions.
If a European Constitution cannot be defended as an ideal, then Europe cannot have one – not in the factual sense of eventually enacting one, but in the normative sense of having a Constitution while maintaining the integrity of its political values.
There is no story to be told to make good normative sense of what he is doing; for what he is doing makes no good normative sense.
What kind of meaning do claims about morality in the normative sense have?
"Morality" in the normative sense is sometimes taken to prohibit unnatural sexual activity.
In addition to its descriptive senses, there are two normative senses of 'discrimination'discrimination
In section 1.2, we distinguished between the empirical and normative senses of 'morality'morality
The two normative senses are distinct because there can be morally objectionable forms of differential treatment that do not involve the wrongful denial or abridgement of civil rights.
In order to gain an understanding of current discussion and debate regarding civil rights, it is important to disentangle the various descriptive and normative senses of 'discrimination'discrimination
The only feature that the descriptive and normative senses of "morality" have in common is that they refer to guides to behavior that involve, at least in part, avoiding and preventing harm to some others.
