Answers Quote by Hilary Kornblith

With no fact as a referent, what is normative is purely a matter of preference.

— Ravi Zacharias

All the questions discussed in the Talmud and related rabbinic literature are normative questions: either they are questions of what one is to think…

— David Novak

“In discussing tradition, we are not discussing arbitrary rules and conventions. We are discussing answers that have been discovered to enduring questions. These”

— Roger Scruton

“The nature of the data we possess suggests we value each and every tradition rather than creating a dichotomy between the normative tradition and…

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

There is not a single rule, however plausible, and however firmly grounded in epistemology, that is not violated at some time or other. It…

— Paul Feyerabend

I consistently encounter people in academic settings and scientists and journalists who feel that you can't say that anyone is wrong in any deep…

— Sam Harris

To have a moral sense is not to be dogmatic in dealing with rules. It can be an open way with dealing with questions…

— Tariq Ramadan

The values derived from religious belief will not - and should not - be accepted as part of the public morality unless they are…

— Mario Cuomo

No sane person should believe that something is subjective merely because it cannot be settled beyond controversy.

— Hilary Putnam

I believe that one basic question, what we ought to do, period (the moral question), is a genuine one. There exists a true answer…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.

— Laura Schlessinger

I think it's a mistake to treat different realms of knowledge as if they are some how fundamentally the same.

— Jimmy Wales