Nozick's pleasure machine

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  • Created by: Jessamina
  • Created on: 09-02-17 12:54
What is Nozick's pleasure machine?
A machine that could give us whatever we want(pleasurable experiences)
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What is the reason to not plug the pleasure machine in?
In life, we would want to do certain things not just have the experience of it.
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What is his argument?
Experiencing as much pleasure as we can isn't all that matters to us.
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What does Nozick conclude?
You wouldn't plug the machine in even if you could. There is more to li
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What is another argument for not turning the plug on?
We want to be cert
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What is the reason to not plug the pleasure machine in?

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In life, we would want to do certain things not just have the experience of it.

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What is his argument?

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Card 4

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What does Nozick conclude?

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Card 5

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What is another argument for not turning the plug on?

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