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The ethics and morality of Pascal's wager
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<blockquote data-quote="zippy2006" data-source="post: 74225944" data-attributes="member: 342410"><p>Fear is just aversion to a possible future evil. In its essence it is perfectly rational. I fear rattlesnakes because I don't want to die. My fear helps me to make wise decisions that will prolong my life.</p><p></p><p>Pascal is just making an argument which is based on a danger that he believes exists. That's all. If you don't believe the danger exists then the argument naturally has no purchase on you. If you do believe that the danger exists then it is rational to fear it and to try to avoid it. Either way it's not problematic emotional manipulation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zippy2006, post: 74225944, member: 342410"] Fear is just aversion to a possible future evil. In its essence it is perfectly rational. I fear rattlesnakes because I don't want to die. My fear helps me to make wise decisions that will prolong my life. Pascal is just making an argument which is based on a danger that he believes exists. That's all. If you don't believe the danger exists then the argument naturally has no purchase on you. If you do believe that the danger exists then it is rational to fear it and to try to avoid it. Either way it's not problematic emotional manipulation. [/QUOTE]
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