This article describes normative theories that have been developed to explain these properties of sensory receptive fields based on structural properties of the environment.
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Expressed in practical terms, a normative theory, more properly called a " policy ", tells agents how they ought to act.
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The normative theory of law, as put forth by the Brno school, gave pre-eminence to positive law because of its rational nature.
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These results have major consequences for our understanding of moral behavior and the construction of better normative theories, grounded on what people can in fact do.
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"' Legal formalism "'is both a positive or descriptive theory of adjudication and a normative theory of how judges ought to decide cases.
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A " descriptive theory " is one that tells how things are, while a " normative theory " tells how things ought to be.
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The normative theory proposes that, due to genetic repercussions, incest among genetically related individuals is a widespread taboo and would thus be less common among biological relatives.
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The first volume, " Metaethics, Egoism, and Virtue : Studies in Ayn Rand's Normative Theory, " was published in early 2011.
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His current work focuses on emerging powers and the globalization of international society and what this means for ideas and practices of global order, for IR theory, and for international normative theory.
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He argues that any future tax literature in normative theory needs to focus less on consumer preferences and more on tax-collecting technology and the areas of the economy that affect tax collection.
