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wertrationalität

wertrationalität noun: rationality in accordance with moral demands instead of organizational and technical demands.

Noun

wertrationalität (uncountable)

  1. Rationality in accordance with moral demands instead of organizational and technical demands.
    • This thinking, supported by this array of heroes in bronze, can only further persuade people that whites may be masters of zweckrationalität—technical rationality—but are deficient in wertrationalität—basic human values.1999, James W. Loewen, Lies across America: What our historic sites get wrong, Simon and Schuster, page 449

Origin of wertrationalität

From German Wertrationalität.

Questions about wertrationalität

What does wertrationalität mean?
Wertrationalität means rationality in accordance with moral demands instead of organizational and technical demands.
What part of speech is wertrationalität?
Wertrationalität is a noun.

Words near wertrationalität in the dictionary

  1. Werths
  2. Wertman
  3. Wertmans
  4. wertrational
  5. wertrationality
  6. wertrationalität
  7. Werts
  8. Wertz
  9. Wertzberger
  10. Wertzbergers
  11. Wertzes

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