On the other hand, the relationship to normative ethics and meta ethics has been very much disputed or ambiguous. The article analyses the positions of three representative and significant theories ...

Troeltsch's typology of religious association is not only a descriptive sociological model, but also a normative model which reflects Troeltsch's preference for the church type. The definition of the ...

The distinction between the descriptive sciences and ethics is well shown by calling them the natural and the moral sciences respectively.