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<p><b>Norms</b>, in <a href="page.php?w=philosophy">philosophy</a>, are concepts (<a href="page.php?w=Sentence_%28linguistics%29">sentence</a>s) of practical import, oriented to affecting an action, rather than conceptual <a href="page.php?w=abstraction">abstraction</a>s that describe, explain, and express. Normative sentences imply "ought-to" (or "may", "may not") types of statements and assertions, in distinction to sentences that provide "is" (or "was", "will") types of statements and assertions. Common normative sentences include <a href="page.php?w=Imperative_mood">commands</a>,</p><p>
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