Nozick's Experience Machine thought experiment is intended to show that

A. although happiness may be an intrinsic good, it is not the only intrinsic good.
B. no one would willingly spend time in an experience machine.
C. happiness is the only intrinsic good.
D. a society where everyone spent all their time in an experience machine would be a utopia.


Answer: A

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