Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2017, 19(1):126-130 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2017.1.126-130

The Contribution of Teaching Logic to Ethical Decision Making

Dalibor Gonda1, Petr Emanovsky2
1 Department of Pedagogical Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Zilina, Slovakia
2 Department of Algebra and Geometry, Faculty of Science, University of Palacky, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Everyone makes many important decisions in one's life and these decisions are the result of one's thinking. However, in many critical situations one cannot find a solution. The paper deals with the importance of teaching logic in mathematics for the human individual to be able to make ethically correct decisions. The mathematical formalism can simplify thinking and thus achieve the proper conclusion. Teaching logic can help humans learn the basic rules of logical reasoning. Mathematics is essentially a universal language of physics and technology but it can also be a language of communication in ethics. The unambiguity of mathematics could be used to solve many controversial ethical issues in the application of new scientific knowledge.

Keywords: logic; ethical decision making; a pupil; opinion

Published: January 31, 2017  Show citation

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Gonda, D., & Emanovsky, P. (2017). The Contribution of Teaching Logic to Ethical Decision Making. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 19(1), 126-130. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2017.1.126-130
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