Normative-ontological

Normative-ontological are different approaches in political science which, in their epistemological positioning, start from the existence of an absolute being , a (single) truth and a morality and thereby try to formulate normative statements.

On this basis, scientists in this research direction try not only to describe and explain reality using scientific methods, but also to find what should be. The latter is possible because practical rules of action for human coexistence can be derived from considering the order of being in the world (and the position of man in it) . However, this possibility is disputed by representatives of empirical-analytical approaches ( Hume's Law , Vienna Circle ).

Compare also:

• Normative-ontological approach in the article Political Theory and History of Ideas .
• ontology
• Natural law

literature

• Hans Buchheim: Contributions to the ontology of politics , Munich 1993. ISBN 3-486-56008-5