PHL-206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Theism, Agnosticism, Cardinal Virtues
29 Sep 2016
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Clifford: if you don"t have suf cient evidence it would be immoral to believe that god exists. If somebody cannot disprove gods existence, rational thing it to not be an atheist either. Only rational moral thing to do is to suspend belief. Through this chart it is obvious that : the rational option seems to be to believe in god, problem, if you believe in god you will be rewarded with in nite happiness. Belief in god constitutes well being and happiness. Pascal: anybody who makes a cynical wager is not a true believer, to really believe in god is not to use him as a re escape. !1 mweber@ut. edu: to have faith in god you have to view him as the ultimate end. Aristotle: wealth, pleasure, power, honor are not suf cient for happiness and not suf cient to live well, happiness brings full actualization, a life of activity, inconformity, with moral virtues, intellectual virtues, and theological virtues.
