Prescriptivity
//pɹɪskɹɪpˈtɪvɪti//
"Prescriptivity" in a Sentence (1 examples)
He is underambitious in his characterization of morality, cashing out prescriptivity in terms of prevailing expectations rather than objective authority, settling for an account of a sense of obligations rather than obligations themselves, and for empathetic behavior rather than empathetic motivations.
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