Morality and Method in Pascal's Pensees

Philosophy and Literature 28 (1):74-88 (2004)
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This essay argues that Pascal's work both questions the accuracy of perspective in an infinite universe, and describes a model for moral truth that escapes the limitations of perspective. This model, rooted in Christianity, requires a total reorientation of approach towards moral truth. By asserting the limits of rational method, making use of recent scientific developments, and constructing a new model for moral truth, Pascal's work sought to update the role of Christianity to be not only consonant with the secular thinking of his day but also as the only solution to the implications of that thinking.

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