Commensurability (ethics)

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This article is about commensurability in ethics. For other senses of the word, see commensurability.

In ethics, two values, norms, etc. are incommensurable if, when they conflict, there is no way of telling which should prevail or even whether they have equal significance.

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Commensurability (philosophy of science)

Bernard Stiegler (The Disaffected Individual)