wertrationalität
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German Wertrationalität.
Noun
[edit]wertrationalität (uncountable)
- Rationality in accordance with moral demands instead of organizational and technical demands.
- 1999, James W. Loewen, Lies across America: What our historic sites get wrong, Simon and Schuster, page 449:
- 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.