Of or pertaining to the moral philosophy or literary style of Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713), author of…

Not inductive; spec. based on or characterized by the absence of induction or inference.

Logic. With reference to ethics (see quots.).

Of, relating to, or characterized by the issuing of commands; spec. of or relating to imperativism.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the sociologist and political economist Max Weber (1864–1920), his philosophy, or his writings.

Of or relating to factualists or factualism.

of, relating to, or advocating situationalism; cf. situationist, adj. 1.

Philosophy. Having or implying an imperative force. Also occasionally as noun.

Of or pertaining to such a belief.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of prescriptivism.