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The ethics and morality of Pascal's wager
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<blockquote data-quote="2PhiloVoid" data-source="post: 74260866" data-attributes="member: 167101"><p>And this is why we don't, and shouldn't, read Pascal's Wager as a stand-alone argument, because in his own way, he dispenses with the other world religions and his Wager is meant to reflect this epistemic position. Of course, without reading the whole of his Pensees, you wouldn't know that, would you?</p><p></p><p>With that said, Pascal's Wager doesn't 'have to matter' to you. It's not like it's some kind of church doctrine. It's not. It's just a cognitive tool that Pascal is offering to those who would like to believe but find it difficult to do so. He's not really talking to the 'hardened, apathetic' atheist. We should all be clear on that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2PhiloVoid, post: 74260866, member: 167101"] And this is why we don't, and shouldn't, read Pascal's Wager as a stand-alone argument, because in his own way, he dispenses with the other world religions and his Wager is meant to reflect this epistemic position. Of course, without reading the whole of his Pensees, you wouldn't know that, would you? With that said, Pascal's Wager doesn't 'have to matter' to you. It's not like it's some kind of church doctrine. It's not. It's just a cognitive tool that Pascal is offering to those who would like to believe but find it difficult to do so. He's not really talking to the 'hardened, apathetic' atheist. We should all be clear on that. [/QUOTE]
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