However, evidence on the views of children and parents, including parents whose child has died after an emergency admission, are vital to draw normative conclusions.
Using a boxing analogy, he situated, in one corner, liberals (mostly English-speaking whites) schooled in seeing criticism and protest "as normative, even vital, in building and sustaining a democratic society".
In facing the challenges of new social facts, Critical Theory remains a vital philosophical tradition in normative disciplines of social and political philosophy.
We have argued that empirical research in EE is not an end in itself, but vital for reaching applied normative conclusions.
We start from the premise – supported by our own research, and corroborated by several authors in the debate e.g. [ 6, 8, 14- 18] – that empirical research is vital for the vast majority of normative ethical research.
Norm: population based normative values.
Is there a 'normative fit' between EU norms and the local normative context?
Accurate normative reference bone mineral density (BMD) values are vital for diagnosing osteoporosis.
The paper concludes by arguing that strategic foresight's potential to venture beyond positive analyses of what will probably be and normative analyses of what should be, not only offers a vital rejoinder to a cacophony of claims making and technocratic tendencies, but may also help create the conditions for an open, transparent and transformative form of knowledge for policy making.
Therefore, it is vital to understand how the ethical discourse on PM is conducted, i.e. on what – empirical and normative – assumptions ethical arguments are based regarding PM's current and future developments.
