The phrase "normative weight" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions about the significance or influence of norms or standards in a particular context, such as ethics, law, or social sciences.
Example: "The normative weight of cultural values can significantly impact legal decisions in a diverse society."
Alternatives: "normative significance" or "normative influence."
This places all the normative weight on procedural values.
Third, the definition is not intended to carry any normative weight to it.
Being rational we can elect to assign some feature of our characteristic behaviour no or negative normative weight.
By "pro tanto reason" I mean a reason that carries genuine normative weight, even though it may not fully settle the issue, because in a full analysis it would be balanced against other, potentially competing, pro tanto reasons.
Third, what normative weight, if any, attaches to a state's refusal of consent when it's cooperation is necessary to the achievement of morally mandatory aims such as the prevention or mitigation of global warming?
At stake in these debates is whether, or how much, normative weight to assign features of the human condition that have traditionally been taken as given (e.g., the families into which we are born and our natural talents and abilities) or inevitable (such as, pain and ageing).
Aren't they free, for all this quasi-ethological picture tells us, to assign normative weights in their own ways?
To obtain quality adjusted life years (QALYs) we calculated life years gained and adjusted these using age specific and sex specific normative weights.
By serving as one of many potential normative counter-weights, primary care clinicians can help patients interpret and respond to their often unforgiving social environments [ 16].
At baseline, z-scores were significantly above the normative data for weight [M = 0.59, 95 % CI (0.43 0.74), p < 0.0001] and height (M = 0.21, p = 0.001), which indicates a larger than expected relative weight and height.
The component aggregate score was calculated by summing the weighted z-scores using factor score coefficients from normative population data as weight.
