RT Article
T1 Religion, hypocrisy, and betting on secularity: reversing Smilansky's wager
JF Religious studies
VO 60
IS 1
SP 174
OP 186
A1 Lebens, Samuel 1983-
A1 Sṭaṭman, Dāniyyêl
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2024
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1880553414
AB 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 that the puzzle, once unpacked, isn't particularly puzzling, that the premises aren't true, and that Smilansky's wager is open to both reductio and a reversal of its own.
K1 Pascal's wager
K1 Akrasia
K1 Faith
K1 Hypocrisy
K1 Self-deception
DO 10.1017/S0034412523000227