Normative means: 1) relating to an ideal standard or model 2) being based on what is considered to be the usual way of doing something.
I think using the word normative while discussing how-things-are versus how-things-should-be is a bad strategy.
Perhaps we should Taboo the term normative.
John
“Ideal” covers how-things-should-be.
Normative means: 1) relating to an ideal standard or model 2) being based on what is considered to be the usual way of doing something.
I think using the word normative while discussing how-things-are versus how-things-should-be is a bad strategy.
Perhaps we should Taboo the term normative.
John
“Ideal” covers how-things-should-be.