For example, one might espouse deontological ethics, but believe that the laws should (for the most part) be aimed at maximizing utility. The Intersection of Positive and Normative Theory So far, we ...

Most papers in this issue carefully analyze normative and empirical methodologies. I shall argue that (a) there is no purely empirical nor purely normative methodology; (b) some terms escape the ...

Merely making a descriptive claim does not, in itself, lead to any ethical conclusions. When making an ethical argument, we use both descriptive and normative claims. Here's an example of an ethical ...

Evaluation of clinical ethics support services (CESS) has attracted considerable interest in recent decades. However, few evaluation studies are explicit about normative presuppositions which underlie ...

Tobias Hahn, Frank Figge, Jonatan Pinkse, Lutz Preuss, A Paradox Perspective on Corporate Sustainability: Descriptive, Instrumental, and Normative Aspects, Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 148, No. 2, ...

At the same time it is true that the moral sciences without the facts of the descriptive as a basis are empty; the descriptive without the ideals of the normative are undistinguishable.

For example, one might espouse deontological ethics, but believe that the laws should (for the most part) be aimed at maximizing utility. The Intersection of Positive and Normative Theory So far, we ...