partikulärt giltiga

English translation: valid only based on a particular ethical value or attitude

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Swedish term or phrase:partikulärt giltiga
English translation:valid only based on a particular ethical value or attitude
Entered by: Paul Lambert

13:10 Apr 18, 2011
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Philosophy / Philosophy of law
Swedish term or phrase: partikulärt giltiga
Sentence given:
"Sammantaget noterar jag, att om en konkretisering av det globala ethos skulle inskränka sig till den nyare praktiska filosofins plan, så skulle man enligt Küng knappt nå utöver generaliseringar och pragmatiska modeller, vars motiveringar vore ”transcendentala”, utilitaristiska eller enbart regionalistiska dvs. partikulärt giltiga."

I have considered "valid in isolation" but have been told I am off the mark.
Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 20:23
valid only based on a particular ethical value or attitude
Explanation:
Unless you can find Küng's specific expression, I think you need to rewrite this so as to explain the meaning. The basic concept is Küng's rejection of unconditional validity of a particular ethical value or standard.

From link below about book by Küng:

The author pleads for the primacy of ethics over politics and economics and, in reviewing both the Interfaith Declaration for Jews, Christians, and Muslims, and the Caux Roundtable Principles for Business Conduct, he raises the question about the foundation for the unconditional validity of particular basic ethical values and attitudes.

Excerpt from lecture by Küng:
Moralism manifests itself in a one-sided and penetrating insistence on particular moral positions (for example, in questions of sexual behaviour, contraception, abortion, euthanasia and similar issues) which makes a rational dialogue with those of other convictions impossible.
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3valid only based on a particular ethical value or attitude
Åsa Schoening
2 +1particularly valid
Thomas Johansson
3particularly applicable
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valid only based on a particular ethical value or attitude


Explanation:
Unless you can find Küng's specific expression, I think you need to rewrite this so as to explain the meaning. The basic concept is Küng's rejection of unconditional validity of a particular ethical value or standard.

From link below about book by Küng:

The author pleads for the primacy of ethics over politics and economics and, in reviewing both the Interfaith Declaration for Jews, Christians, and Muslims, and the Caux Roundtable Principles for Business Conduct, he raises the question about the foundation for the unconditional validity of particular basic ethical values and attitudes.

Excerpt from lecture by Küng:
Moralism manifests itself in a one-sided and penetrating insistence on particular moral positions (for example, in questions of sexual behaviour, contraception, abortion, euthanasia and similar issues) which makes a rational dialogue with those of other convictions impossible.


    Reference: http://www.jstor.org/pss/3857310
    Reference: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/global_ethic...
Åsa Schoening
United States
Local time: 15:23
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 4
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particularly valid


Explanation:
Here, "particularly" is used in an non-typical way.

However, philosophy is a field where conceptual exactitude usually or often is very important, and in translations this is usually maintained through rather literal translations, often at the risk of using words in unusual, somewhat forced, constructions, diverging from their usual meanings (as per other types of discourse).

I get the impression Küng himself is using the term "particular" - see the below quote. Therefore, I would probably translate either as "particularly valid" or - just possibly - spell it out in an approximated sense in more typical English: "valid at a particular level" (or some similar expression). In any case, I would make sure to use the word "particular".

Notice that being "valid at a particular level" or "valid in a particular domain" etc. does not necessarily entail being "valid in isolation" or vice versa.

Küng verteidigt über weite Strecken - insbesondere auch gegen "partikulare" und "regionale Rationalitäten und Plausibilitäten, Vorschriften und Gesetze"(64f) bzw. "trivialen Nihilismus", "dif-fusen Zynismus und soziale Kälte"(62) - das "Projekt Auf-klärung"(Hastedt) in seinen universal-humanen (Menschenrechte!), sozialen und emanzipativen Aspekten von "vernünftiger" Gestaltung der Welt.
http://www.philosophen-eck.de/Horst2.pdf

Thomas Johansson
Peru
Local time: 14:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Swedish
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particularly applicable


Explanation:
in regional cases, the generalisations etc may be true
In other words, in certain cases, they are 'particularly applicable'
I did see that 'applicable' was also suggested in comments
I think that regional can be taken as more than just 'geographic region'
For example, in Scandanavia, the geographic region also encompasses the people (germanic descent), perhaps the religion (Protestant) and the politics (Social Democratic) without wishing to impose this on all Scandanavians

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