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No, you got it backwards. "Descriptive" means that whatever the majority thinks is described as prevailing mor[e|al]s.
No, I don't think I got it backwards. "Descriptive" means "what is" (as opposed to "what should be"). Assigning labels, choosing interpretations, deriving meaning -- these are all parts of "descriptive" theories. And here the issue is precisely with that.