The Debate Over Nozick s Experiment Thought Machine

I. Introduction In what may seem a harsh generalization, I would like to begin by considering the likelihood that a Christian would commit suicide? On first inclination we know that they would not because they perceive suicide to be a sin. Even with a less nuanced version we know that in spite of the belief of heaven and a perfect afterlife there has not been a wide scale mass extinction of Christians any time lately. In asking a person this it is more than likely that they would likely they were being played a joke on. My point is to say, in a sense, this is similar to why we see time and time again philosophers in debate over Nozick’s experiment thought machine. We see philosophers like Nozick advocate that a life plugged into the machine is not in fact a life at all, and that if people were to be given the option to stay plugged into this machine that provided them endless bliss they still would not take it. If the question of why would a person not chose to plug into the experience machin e is not clear, I once again bring up the idea of a Christian committing suicide, which may people may find incredulous. Why is it that it would be incredulous for a Christian to chose to live another life of more happiness, yet it would not be so for someone to plug into Nozick’s own experience thought machine? If Nozick’s experience machine ultimately offers happiness through a chosen series of experiences and the gist/selling point of heaven is that there everything you would wantShow MoreRelatedGame Theory and Economic Analyst83847 Words   |  336 Pagesthe theoretical understanding of games is presented as relevant to the analysis of economic behavior. However seductive it may seem, this saga is nonetheless deceptive. To look a little closer, the bonds that connect Von Neumann’s mathematical thought to economic theory are more fragile, and partially contingent. The applicability of strategic games, in the sense of the 1928 article, is obviously not limited to the domain of economics. The connection between the minimax theorem and the saddle