Religious Studies

Table of Contents - 1983 - Volume 19, Issue 01  

Articles

Pascal's Wager as an Argument for Not Believing in God

Michael Martina1

a1 Professor of Philosophy, Boston University

Can Pascal's wager for the existence of God be turned against the religious believer and used as an argument for not believing in God? Although such an argument has been very briefly sketched by others its details have remained undeveloped. In this paper this argument is worked out in detail in the context of decision theory and is defended against objections. The result is a plausible argument for atheism.