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  2. Theory of basic human values - Wikipedia

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    The first list consist of 30 nouns, while the second list contains 26 or 27 items in an adjective form. Each item is followed by a brief description for clarification. Out of the 57 questions, 45 are used to compute the 10 different value types – the number of items to measure a certain value varies according to the conceptual breadth.

  3. List of eponymous laws - Wikipedia

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    Heaps' law describes the number of distinct words in a document (or set of documents) as a function of the document length. Hebb's law : "Neurons that fire together wire together." Heisenberg's uncertainty principle : one cannot measure values (with arbitrary precision) of certain conjugate quantities, which are pairs of observables of a single ...

  4. Normativity - Wikipedia

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    In the social sciences, the term "normative" has broadly the same meaning as its usage in philosophy, but may also relate, in a sociological context, to the role of cultural 'norms'; the shared values or institutions that structural functionalists regard as constitutive of the social structure and social cohesion.

  5. Normative ethics - Wikipedia

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    Normative ethics is the study of ethical behaviour and is the branch of philosophical ethics that investigates questions regarding how one ought to act, in a moral sense. Normative ethics is distinct from meta-ethics in that the former examines standards for the rightness and wrongness of actions, whereas the latter studies the meaning of moral ...

  6. Norm (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    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 commands , permissions, and prohibitions; common normative abstract concepts include sincerity , justification ...

  7. Nara Document on Authenticity - Wikipedia

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    The Document was intended to build upon it and enlarge its scope to accommodate the rapidly growing number of concerns around and interests in cultural heritage. It is stressed that "the essential contribution made by the consideration of authenticity in conservation practice is to clarify and illuminate the collective memory of humanity."

  8. Value (ethics) - Wikipedia

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    For example, imprisonment can result from conflict with social norms that the state has established as law. Furthermore, cultural values can be expressed at a global level through institutions participating in the global economy. For example, values important to global governance can include leadership, legitimacy, and efficiency.

  9. Legal norm - Wikipedia

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    A legal norm is a binding rule or principle, or norm, that organisations of sovereign power promulgate and enforce in order to regulate social relations.Legal norms determine the rights and duties of individuals who are the subjects of legal relations within the governing jurisdiction at a given point in time.