Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago

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Pascal's wager is an argument that you should bet, or wager, on God because of what’s at stake: you have lots to gain and not much to lose. Here, I answer some of the most common questions about Pascal's wager, such as:

What is involved in the epistemic approach to God's existence?
Does Pascal's wager conflict with evidentialism?
What if I don't believe in hell?
Does taking Pascal's wager involve bad motives?
Can rational action and rational belief come apart?

This video presupposes the material from this video: youtu.be/C_PI1ApAXtw

A video on Pascal's wager and hell: youtu.be/-OQNRFNogEc

For a playlist of videos about Pascal's wager, see: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAVhJKYeHG-W3dZPU9nBnKuLPB1cjaxSR

For a longer introduction to Pascal's wager, decision theory, and epistemic permissivism, see this video: youtu.be/QNq3adeLLHw

For a video responding to the objection that taking Pascal's wager involves bad motives, see this video: youtu.be/-ShXWc0KcsY

For a video on evidentialism, see here: youtu.be/ZgJ3hDk0-V0

For an written, popular-level explanation of the wager, see this article: 1000wordphilosophy.com/2021/01/04/pascals-wager-a-pragmatic-argument-for-belief-in-god

For my (academic) paper on Pascal's wager and infinities, see here: philpapers.org/rec/JACSPW

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