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The ethics and morality of Pascal's wager
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<blockquote data-quote="variant" data-source="post: 74225954" data-attributes="member: 114463"><p>Interesting that you should again pick a death question, something I say is a basic psychological fear.</p><p></p><p>People do say they think stuff like that but they still consult nutritionists. Whether or not they should fear death there isn't really any harm in prolonging life. Suicidal people may be an exception here, they fear prolonging their life more than they fear death.</p><p></p><p>People do fear death regardless of what they say in my opinion and it is at least in part the fear of the unknown that comes with it.</p><p></p><p>So, it's kind of the opposite idea here really. What we don't know often makes us afraid. I think this is also the case with the wager here. The argument seems based on what we don't know.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ok. Then the basis for your fears lacks a considerable amount of justification. Why would you then try to spread them?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Because if you already strongly believe there is a possibility of Christian derived hell you already accept the conclusion, it makes no sense to put a second argument on top off it.</p><p></p><p>Why you accepted that premise is the real question in that system.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't know what Pascals motives are, I'm criticizing the actions.</p><p></p><p>My motivation now is to get some sleep though goodnight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="variant, post: 74225954, member: 114463"] Interesting that you should again pick a death question, something I say is a basic psychological fear. People do say they think stuff like that but they still consult nutritionists. Whether or not they should fear death there isn't really any harm in prolonging life. Suicidal people may be an exception here, they fear prolonging their life more than they fear death. People do fear death regardless of what they say in my opinion and it is at least in part the fear of the unknown that comes with it. So, it's kind of the opposite idea here really. What we don't know often makes us afraid. I think this is also the case with the wager here. The argument seems based on what we don't know. Ok. Then the basis for your fears lacks a considerable amount of justification. Why would you then try to spread them? Because if you already strongly believe there is a possibility of Christian derived hell you already accept the conclusion, it makes no sense to put a second argument on top off it. Why you accepted that premise is the real question in that system. I don't know what Pascals motives are, I'm criticizing the actions. My motivation now is to get some sleep though goodnight. [/QUOTE]
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