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Pascal Wager’s philosophy
Pascal’s philosophy explains God’s existence based on the consequences of believing or not believing in God. He does not use evidence to explain his opinion on God’s existence. Pascal tries to justify Christian faith in his thesis. He explains that if we believe or not believe in God we will lose nothing by doing so and in addition, it cost nothing. If we believe in God, we stand for a greater reward in heaven if God exists, and lose nothing if God does not exist. If we opt not to believe in God, we stand for eternal punishment if God does exist, and lose nonentity if God does not exist. He says that it is better to receive a great reward or lose nothing rather than a great punishment and lose nothing. In addition, it is cogent to believe in Christian God and unreasonable not to believe in God. Pascal’s philosophy is supposed to give a reason that God exist since it seems to base its argument on "reasonable man" thoughts. A reasonable man can identify what is of more benefit compared to the other. According to Pascal, one is supposed to choose what is likely to be of more benefit.
Frankfurt’s article tries to prove that the principle of is false. The principle states that for one to be morally right the action he chooses must have another way of doing it. Frankfurt gave the following reasons to proof the principle wrong. Frankfurt gives an explanation that if one is pressurized to do something against his will; a person may not be morally right. He gives an example where a person is forced to vote for the side he did not wish to vote for in an election. According to Frankfurt, a person is responsible for the action. The other reason that Frankfurt gave is that is that James wants peter to perform a certain action x. supposing Peter is an amazing reader of body language, in a way, that he can tell what James has decided to do he will not intervene if James performs the action x. If James does the otherwise of the action, Peter will intervene to influence James course of action. According to Frankfurt, James is respons...