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Verantwortungsethik

ethics of responsibility

noun fer-ANT-vor-tungs-ay-tik Rare
People & Society Values

Usage Note

Verantwortungsethik (associated with Max Weber) holds that moral judgement must weigh the foreseeable consequences of an action. It contrasts with Gesinnungsethik (ethics of conviction), which focuses on pure principle.

Examples

"Ein Politiker muss nach der Verantwortungsethik handeln und die Folgen seines Tuns bedenken."

Natural Translation

A politician must act according to the ethics of responsibility and consider the consequences of their actions.

Literal Translation

A politician must according to the responsibility-ethics act and the consequences of his doing consider.

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