PHIL 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Expected Utility Hypothesis, Decision Theory, Blaise Pascal
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I/you must wager not wagering is not an option. According to reason alone, i/you can defend neither proposition. Since reason iis indecisive, i/you should wager based on prudence. Believing in god is more prudent than not believing in god. Reason is insufficient for providing rational grounds or belief in god"s existence. B. it is impossible to take a neutral stance in regards to god"s existence. C. when reason cannot guide us in making an un. Concerned with identifying the best decision to make in practice. Any devision requires a choice between alternative courses of action about alternatives. Of truth, which each have a certain probability of being true. Each course of action will have an expected utility. Expected utility = for each alternative truth (possible outcome), multiply the utility of the truth by the probability of the truth, then add together.
