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Robert Nozick's Experience Machine
Challenge the utilitarian view that happiness is the only intrinsic good.
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Imagine a machine that could give you any experience you desire. You would not know you are in a simulation; you would believe it is all real. You can plug in for life, experiencing maximum pleasure and zero pain. Would you plug in? If not, explain what this suggests about the value we place on reality, agency, and 'being' someone versus 'doing' something, and why pleasure alone might not be sufficient for a meaningful life.