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English translation: moral behaviour
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| 03:35 Aug 19, 2008 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Anthropology / Rituals | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: hollstes (X) Germany Local time: 06:22 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | value-based behaviour |
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| 3 +1 | moral values |
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| 3 +1 | moral behaviour |
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peer agreement (net): +1value-based behaviour Explanation: ...should be appropriate... Reference: http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2004/mar2004p10_1559.html |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1moral values Explanation: In know, moral values would be translated as moralische Werte in German and, in principle, I have nothing against Harald's suggestion, but I wondered how the "Übereinstimmung" would have to be tied in in order not to sound too stilted... Hence something like matching/concurring moral values may be a better solution even though it's not a literal translation it would have the same meaning in English because it's implied that a certain behaviour will result from the values one believes in. |
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8 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1moral behaviour Explanation: Sorry to add something so similar to the other answers, but actually there's an important distinction to be made. I 'd be cautious to use *value-based behaviour* (or norm-based behaviour) as it is a term used in the rational choice tradition and increasingly in business contexts (see google hits). As far as *moral values* is concerned, the behavioural aspect needs to be emphasised (it's not just the values that are consistent but the behaviour). I'd translate as: *... the consistency / congruity of moral behaviour ...* Paraphrase: It's the use of symbols (=language) that allows people to agree on common moral values and to stick to them consistently at an intersubjective level. *Moral behaviour* is definitely a term that is very common in sociology and psychology and that crops up a lot in academic publications in these areas. See: www.a-levelpsychology.co.uk/common/supplementary/1841692514... I can also give the following quote from a review on Durkheim's sociology of values as a corroboration (article unfortunately not online but can send to you as as pdf): *But Durkheim did not argue that morality consists of mindless conformity to prevailing opinion [...] **Moral behavior**, in Durkheim's view, is behavior in harmony with the 'true nature of society.' By this he means the society's ideal picture of itself etc.* (Clanton 1976: 673) |
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