Mathematics, Morally

Eugenia Cheng [pictured here] thought long and hard about the, or at least a, relationship between mathematics and morality. She wrote up those thoughts and delivered them in a talk called “Mathematics, Morally” on 23rd January, 2004, at the Cambridge University Society for the Philosophy of Mathematics. Cheng writes: The first thing to be clear about is that […]

Prof understands psychopaths, morality

Professor Marc Hauser of Harvard University, author of a range of articles, is now accused of research misconduct. Among his publications (these specific articles are not being criticized, that we know of): “Is Morality Natural?“, Newsweek, September 22, 2008. “Psychopaths know right from wrong but don’t care,” Social Cognitive and Affected Neuroscience, published online: January […]

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