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Sozialethik

social ethics

noun zo-tsee-AHL-ay-tik Rare
People & Society Values

Also means

ethics of society

Usage Note

Sozialethik is a branch of ethics examining the moral foundations of social institutions — economy, politics, law. In Germany it is closely tied to Catholic social teaching (Katholische Soziallehre) but also exists as a secular academic field.

Examples

"Die Sozialethik fragt, wie eine Gesellschaft gerecht und solidarisch gestaltet werden kann."

Natural Translation

Social ethics asks how a society can be organised justly and in solidarity.

Literal Translation

The social-ethics asks, how a society just and solidarily shaped can be.

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