Whereas much social scientific inquiry tends to be descriptive in nature,ethics is primarily prescriptive.

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Descriptive inquiry seeks to understand and describe phenomena as they are, while prescriptive inquiry aims to provide solutions, recommendations, or guidelines for how things should be done. Ethics is primarily concerned with providing prescriptions for what is right or wrong, good or bad, just or unjust behavior.

Whereas Much Social Scientific Inquiry Tends to Be Descriptive in Nature,ethics