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Definition of "prescriptivity" []

  • The quality or state of being prescriptive. (noun)

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Use "prescriptivity" in a sentence
  • "Another response would be to argue, following R.M. Hare (1981), that a formal analysis, for example in terms of a kind of prescriptivity, is plausible with respect to some thinner moral concepts, and that this is consistent with significant moral disagreements."
  • "Moreover, it is clear that the relevant normativity is that of prescriptivity, concerning what S ought to do. ["
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