| 释义 |
‖ wertfrei, a.|ˈvɛrtfraɪ|
[Ger., f. wert value, worth n.1 + frei free a.]
Free of value-judgements; morally neutral. Hence ˈwertfreiheit (also with capital initial) [-hood], the quality of being wertfrei.
1909W. M. Urban Valuation xiv. 422 The more neutral or ‘wertfrei’ judgments of science. 1944H. A. Hodges Wilhelm Dilthey v. 80 It is generally recognized that the natural sciences have no interest in judgments of value. Their Wertfreiheit is one of their most treasured attributes. 1964Rousseas & Farganis in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 289 Max Weber distinguishes between science as being wertfrei and wertlos. Wertfrei is defined as being free from prevailing passion and prejudice. 1975Times Lit. Suppl. 25 July 848/1 What specially distinguishes Ontology, American Style, however, is that it is far more wertfrei, uncommitted, cool, detached and technical. c1978C. R. Tame Against New Mercantilism 8 No one would abandon the heritage of wertfreiheit in economics and the social sciences. |