The Experience of Normativity

Del Mar, Maksymilian T.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1467584

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The Experience of Normativity

29 Pages Posted: 4 Sep 2009 Last revised: 7 Jun 2010

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Maksymilian T. Del Mar

Queen Mary University of London, School of Law

Date Written: September 2, 2009

Abstract

This paper offers examples of the experience of two varieties of normativity: open and closed. Closed normativity is the claim or assumption that what is appropriate and inappropriate, at any one time and space (or at all times and spaces), and for any one activity (or for all activities), can be and has been settled in advanced. Open normativity is the denial of this claim or assumption. The paper also provides examples of complex/mixed normativity, i.e., situations in which one may experience both open and closed normativity. The paper then illustrates the significance of this approach to normativity for our understanding of action, freedom and the practice of theory.

Keywords: normativity, norms, appropriateness, correctness, action, freedom, metatheory

JEL Classification: K00

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Del Mar, Maksymilian T., The Experience of Normativity (September 2, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1467584 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1467584