wertrationalität

English

Etymology

From German Wertrationalität.

Noun

wertrationalität (uncountable)

1. 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.

Related terms

• zweckrationalität