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Preferred term
normative/descriptive distinction
Definition
- The categories of “the normative” and “the descriptive” correspond to moral and factual statements, respectively. In the first case, normative assertions about values and “what should be” are traditionally investigated as the subject matter of moral philosophy. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Normative/Descriptive Distinction]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/normative_descriptive_distinction
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