The main purpose of using Pascal’s Wager as a framing device is to prime students into approaching the lesson in terms of personal risk and uncertainty: though some students might strongly believe or have faith in an afterlife, none of them know (in the philosophical sense of the term) whether they will have an afterlife or not, and so they must personally decide what to do with their lives. The lesson begins by discussing Pascal’s Wager. Introduction to Philosophy, Introduction to Ethics, Ethics, Meaning of Life, Death, Immortality, Philosophy of Religion.Chapter 1 “Upanishads” from Joel Kupperman’s Classic Asian Philosophy could be useful for background information for teaching the Katha Upanishad.Discussion of Pascal’s Wager (Instructor’s choice, I think that the short discussion in Meister’s “Introducing Philosophy of Religion” (p.Katha Upanishad (Excerpt, specifically the discussion between Death and Nachiketa).Epic of Gilgamesh (Excerpt, specifically Siduri’s argument, quoted below – see Part I of ).This lesson looks at this broad question of what one ought to desire most in life. Siduri argues that Gilgamesh should stop seeking immortality and instead learn to appreciate the simple joys of a mortal life. The Epic of Gilgamesh, a poem from ancient Mesopotamia, is likely the first recorded story we have, and it contains a beautiful philosophical argument from Siduri, a wise “alewife,” (and potentially a goddess) in her tavern.
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