Pascal's Wager: A Very Basic Introduction

Pascal's wager is an argument that you should bet, or wager, on God because of what’s at stake: you have lots to gain and not much to lose. This article provides a simple introduction Pascal’s wager and considers three objections: the many gods objection, the impossibility objection, and the irrationality objection.

For a playlist of videos about Pascal's wager, see:    • Pascal's Wager  

For an written version of this video, see this article: https://1000wordphilosophy.com/2021/0...

For a longer introduction to Pascal's wager, decision theory, and epistemic permissivism, see this video:    • Responding to Three Objections to Pas...  

For my (academic) paper on Pascal's wager and infinities, see here: https://philpapers.org/rec/JACSPW

For a video responding to the objection that taking Pascal's wager involves bad motives, see this video:    • Can Taking Pascal's Wager Demonstrate...  

For a video on evidentialism, see here:    • Should You Always Follow the Evidence?  

0:00 What is Pascal's wager?
5:48 Many Gods Objection
14:57 The Impossibility Objection
18:42 The Irrationality Objection
22:14 Summary and Conclusion

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