Abstract / Synopsis
Almost exactly fifty years ago, Friedrich Kambartel, in his classic essay “Ethics and Mathematics,” did pioneering work in an intellectual environment that almost self-evidently assumed a strict separation of the two fields. In our first section we summarize and discuss that classical paper. The following two sections are devoted to complement and contrast Kambartel’s picture. In particular, the second section is devoted to ethical aspects of the indirect and direct mathematization of modern societies. The final section gives a short categorization of various philosophical positions with respect to the rationality of ethics and the mutual relation between ethics and mathematics.
DOI
10.5642/jhummath.PXMY2159
Recommended Citation
Gregor Nickel, "Ethics and Mathematics – Some Observations Fifty Years Later," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 12 Issue 2 (July 2022), pages 7-27. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.PXMY2159. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol12/iss2/4
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