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Weber hardens the Werturteilsstreit against value-judgments in the Verein and DGS

In 1909–10 Max Weber pressed the Werturteilsstreit inside the Verein für Sozialpolitik and the new DGS, demanding that association science strip value-judgments from claims of fact, a procedural fight that silenced some reformist sermons from the same lectern. In the causal graph this event strengthens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — a worsening welfare path.

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In 1909–10 Max Weber pressed the Werturteilsstreit inside the Verein für Sozialpolitik and the new DGS, demanding that association science strip value-judgments from claims of fact, a procedural fight that silenced some reformist sermons from the same lectern. Reformers heard a muzzle; methodologists heard hygiene. A justice path here is extra-legal professional policing, not a criminal code.

Context

Kathedersozialisten had preached from chairs. Weber wanted a colder association. Sombart and others were both allies and targets at times. Sharing DGS founding (improving cohesion) does not erase this fight.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Werturteilsstreit is not the 7 November 1917 lecture. Mixed effects of Weber hardens the Werturteilsstreit against value-judgments in the Verein and DGS are separate paths.

Why it matters

1917 Wissenschaft als Beruf remains a separate education row.

The contribution type is direct. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Max Weber

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.28 · verified

    He fought value-judgments in social-scientific associations. Opponents in the Verein shared the quarrel; he did not hold a court.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Max WeberStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe — Mohr SiebeckMohr Siebeck / MWG · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

MWG at https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/max-weber-gesamtausgabe-mwg-alle-baende-9783161595219/ (opens in a new tab) collects the association speeches and letters of the Werturteilsstreit. SEP at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/weber/ (opens in a new tab) independently treats value-neutrality as a lifetime methodological politics, not a neutral adjective.

Established: Weber drove value-judgment fights in 1909–10 associations. Not established: a unique expulsion count from DGS that year. Contribution is recorded as He fought value-judgments in social-scientific associations. Opponents in the Verein shared the quarrel; he did not hold a court. The dated heading stays Weber hardens the Werturteilsstreit against value-judgments in the Verein and DGS on 1909-10-01, not a later statue, UNESCO listing, or school film. Later competitions, monuments, and adaptations are refused as extra lifetime acts of this person on this date.

Shared responsibility is part of Weber hardens the Werturteilsstreit against value-judgments in the Verein and DGS. Naming Max Weber does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1909-10-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorMax Weber
  2. contributed toFactWeber hardens the Werturteilsstreit against value-judgments in the Verein and DGS
  3. strengthensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
  4. strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

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Factrail. (2026). Weber hardens the Werturteilsstreit against value-judgments in the Verein and DGS. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/weber-werturteil-1909

https://factrail.ai/facts/weber-werturteil-1909

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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