normatively

OrenWithAnE: Preferable as in normatively desirable.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Violent Misdemeanants, the Right to Bear Arms, and the Right to Vote 2010

Even if evil characters aren't being "normatively" evil or even playing by the pvp rules for the zone can't they still be immersed in the game?

Twixt 2009

Most people would agree that giving your community a degree of attention is normatively good, in addition to having positive effects that reflect well on yourself.

Auren Kaplan: An Evolved Take on Psychology, Brands and Poverty Auren Kaplan 2012

So while the ceremonies as described in this book might not normatively apply to the new Missal in all respects, the usus antiquior does in fact provide a template and a framework for the ordinary form of the Roman Rite.

How Important Is Ceremony? 2009

If you want to privilege libertarian ideology, you have to do so on normative grounds, not with reference to normatively irrelevant facts.

Dochia On Analytical Egalitarianism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

While I took great pains to emphasize that cannot be practically implemented, at least in the short-term, I nevertheless suggested that it would normatively desirable if:

Matthew Yglesias » Why Would You Ever Cut Social Security? 2010

Beyond that, normatively, this seems like a crazy and terrible idea.

Matthew Yglesias » Economist: If Only Obama Had Done Things He’s Actually Done, Things Might Be Different 2010

There are subtle and direct pressures on entrepreneurs to adopt the latest innovations, especially when we as a society find them normatively desirable.

When innovation is a risk for small businesses Post 2011

A lot of bad politically commentary is normatively bad — it espouses things that decent people find repugnant.

Matthew Yglesias » Adventures in Bad Positive Political Commentary 2010

Likewise, the point of my post was to talk about the Ninth Circuit decision in positive terms, rather than normative ones (though normatively I oppose both prohibitions on prostitution and prohibitions on advertising prostitution).

The Volokh Conspiracy » The First Amendment and Advertisements of Legal Prostitution 2010