Answer the Main Idea, Question, and Application for full credit. Use quotations and clear citations from both Nozick and the class notes in your response.
Main Idea:
Nozick’s Experience Machine lends a critical perspective to hedonism.
Explain what Nozick means by this and use a quotation to support your discussion.
Answer the Following Question:
What is the Experience Machine? How does it work?
Application:
Identify a situation in your life that you might want to use the Experience Machine to explore.
Explain why you would not plug in to the machine.
For the purposes of this essay, you may not argue that you would plug in anyway. You must consider the reasons you would not want to plug in (and Nozick has several to offer you).
Before submitting, Please keep in mind that your submission must:
Address all parts of the prompt.
Be between 400-900 words (less than 300 words will earn zero points).
Include quotations from either the primary text or course notes and contain both in-text citations and a Works Cited page. A full list of citations in MLA is available in the Reflections folder titled “Full List of Citations.” Citations need to be in a standard citation format.
DOES NOT INCLUDE CONTENT FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES. USE OF OUTSIDE SOURCES WILL RESULT IN A 0.
Be your own original work.
