tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post843998671104991116..comments2024-03-27T23:59:49.801+00:00Comments on Stoat: Economics, Law and EthicsWilliam M. Connolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-57842487322638463412018-05-05T06:56:34.347+00:002018-05-05T06:56:34.347+00:00That's the usual temptation, and it is wrong. ...That's the usual temptation, and it is wrong. You can't legislate for all aspects of behaviour, it is foolish to try, and as you observe, damaging in other ways.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-79274472282427306352018-05-05T01:54:03.824+00:002018-05-05T01:54:03.824+00:00Wherefore the watchword "There ought to be a ...<br />Wherefore the watchword "There ought to be a law" The end result of Trump's breaking all the unwritten expectations is going to be a whole lot of laws, some of which will gum up the works even furtherEliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-4124371066231687302018-04-26T21:51:27.893+00:002018-04-26T21:51:27.893+00:00There are shades of the Euthyphro dilemma in there...There are shades of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro_dilemma" rel="nofollow">Euthyphro dilemma</a> in there. Arguably, maths exists independently of the universe, and indeed of God, and of ethics.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-39647285544426399672018-04-26T11:31:02.513+00:002018-04-26T11:31:02.513+00:00If God made the world such that we can discover th...If God made the world such that we can discover things in pure mathematics, perhaps there was some purpose in this such that it is ethical to go and discover it?<br /><br />Alternately, perhaps we should consider the state of mind in deciding to pursue pure mathematics research. If the state of mind is of awe, wonder and deference to God's purposes then it is ethical but if it is an arrogant attempt to 'know the mind of God' then it is not ethical. ?<br /><br />Leaving it aethical only if you are atheist?crandleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181530527401007161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-66721856011824274952018-04-23T06:21:36.241+00:002018-04-23T06:21:36.241+00:00The Ethics of Mathematics conference was about the...The Ethics of Mathematics conference was about the ethics of various applications of mathematics. <br /><br />Is pure mathematics aethical?David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914145623997712113noreply@blogger.com