FWIW I’m pretty sure people have historically used words that get translated to ‘soul’ and not believed that it was immortal or went to heaven. I don’t have time to read this at the moment but I guess this SEP article is relevant.
OK, if we’re talking about central identity, then I very much wouldn’t sign a contract giving away rights to my central identity. I interpreted the question to be about selling one’s “immortal soul” (which supposedly goes to heaven if I’m good).
FWIW I’m pretty sure people have historically used words that get translated to ‘soul’ and not believed that it was immortal or went to heaven. I don’t have time to read this at the moment but I guess this SEP article is relevant.
OK, if we’re talking about central identity, then I very much wouldn’t sign a contract giving away rights to my central identity. I interpreted the question to be about selling one’s “immortal soul” (which supposedly goes to heaven if I’m good).
I think part of the lesson here is ‘don’t casually sell vaguely defined things that are generally understood to be some kind of big deal’
I still don’t fully agree with OP but I do agree that I should weight this heuristic more.