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What does prescriptive mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
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Ethical obligations are not about prescriptive rules and regulation nor complying with the law.
That's why we don't give out prescriptive drug information or glamorize its use.
I'm generally supportive of Higgs, but I don't like the prescriptive nature of it.
Mumford, in any case, does not uniformly diabolize prescriptive technologies.
This bill is also prescriptive about whom the authority is required to consult.
We now understand better what it is we need, and this way I think we can be more prescriptive and deliver better value for money.

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