Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A clip of professor Shelly Kagan discussing the famous thought experiment of the experience machine which comes from Robert Nozick and which serves as an argument against hedonism about well-being. This comes from a lecture on death given at the Southern Methodist University back in 2013.

More on the nature of well-being: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/well-being/

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