Religion, hypocrisy, and betting on secularity: reversing Smilansky's wager
Saul Smilansky presents us with a puzzle which, in combination with a small number of premises, is supposed to generate a reversal of Pascal's wager: the wagerer should bet on a secular lifestyle, and reject religion, as the surest way of pleasing God (if God exists). In this article, we argue...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2024
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Religious studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 60, Issue: 1, Pages: 174-186 |
Further subjects: | B
Pascal's wager
B Self-deception B Hypocrisy B Faith B Akrasia |
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