I understand that most of people here are Christian, while I am Jewish. Yet like Pascal’s Wager, this can be a universal question. If you had a chance to give up your soul to eternal suffering for a temporary benefit, would you?
Yes, for one dose of tobacco. Menthol, tho.
Nope. I’m an atheist, but I have a Theatre degree - I’ve read Dr. Faustus, it never ends well!
No one will say that seriously. The terrible fact is that some addicts would give up everything for the last dose.
Newport addicts included.
If anyone wants to be considered a hero, they could say that they will use most of the money to help others.
I’m going to say never. I’m not religious and don’t believe in heaven or hell but I do have a tad of wariness about the supernatural. If someone wants to trade me favours, and they’re able to deliver on that, in exchange for my soul, then my logic says if they’re able to deliver on the favours they may just be able to take my soul.
I’m not even sure what that entails but I’ll skip it. thanks anyway.
From many philosophical perspectives, you are right.
nm. Should’ve read the op better.
In thousands of Classical works anyone who sells their soul will suffer for eternity.
No.
As I don’t believe I have a soul, I can’t give it up for money. That would be acting in bad faith.
If you do not believe in eternal punishment, why would you act in good faith?
No, but I’ve been known to rent it. Had a job that made me feel like I needed showers for the soul, or maybe a Jesuit with an exorcism license as a confessor.
Virtue is its own reward.
How so?
Only rarely does one find a story in which one sells one’s soul to the devil and then defeats the devil to regain one’s soul at the end.
See: (1) The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét.
(2) Damn Yankees.
In most cases it is the other way around – a person sells their soul for $1 trillion, but instead of a trillion just gets the last dose of drug.
Anyone who takes heroin just one time is really in such situation.
Hell - it’s hard for me to pick out what breakfast cereal to buy. Selling or not selling my soul is way too far out of my decision making wheelhouse. So no.
I guess it has something to do with conscience, and the moral values your parents taught you as a kid.
Hell yeah!
And after you buy my soul I got some prime swampland down in Florida and a bridge up in Brooklyn, I can let you have them both real cheap.