Robert Nozick - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

This philosopher imagined everyone paying 25 cents to see Wilt Chamberlain to argue that rich people are entitled to their wealth. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this libertarian philosopher who responded to John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice in the book Anarchy, State, and Utopia.

ANSWER: Robert Nozick

[10h] Felipe de Brigard argued that this thought experiment from Anarchy, State, and Utopia relies on status quo bias. This thought experiment argues that people would not plug into a VR system programmed to give them maximum pleasure.

ANSWER: experience machine [accept undistorted experience machine]

[10e] Nozick’s “experience machine” thought experiment attacks the hedonistic form of this philosophy, which was developed by Jeremy Bentham. This philosophy pursues the greatest good for the greatest number.

ANSWER: utilitarianism [accept hedonistic utilitarianism]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	29%	29%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	4	10.00	75%	0%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	50%	30%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	10.00	89%	11%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	11	16.36	100%	46%	18%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	12.22	100%	11%	11%
North	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Northeast	Main	Y	2	15.00	100%	0%	50%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	17.50	88%	38%	50%
South Central	Main	Y	6	13.33	100%	17%	17%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	15.83	100%	42%	17%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	20.00	100%	40%	60%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	13.75	100%	38%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Skeleton King	0	0	10	10
Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	0	0	10	10
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford A	0	0	10	10
Stanford B	UCSC	0	0	10	10
Ottawa D	McGill A	0	0	10	10
McGill B	McGill C	10	0	10	20
Ottawa A	McGill E	10	0	10	20
Carleton A	Ottawa C	10	0	10	20
Florida A	Florida B	0	0	10	10
South Florida A	Florida State A	0	10	10	20
Florida Tech B	Florida Tech A	0	0	10	10
ERAU Daytona A	UCF A	0	0	0	0
CWRU D	Ohio State D	0	0	10	10
Louisville B	WVU A	0	0	10	10
CWRU B	Louisville C	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Pittsburgh	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	Kentucky	10	0	10	20
Michigan C	CWRU C	10	10	10	30
WVU B	Michigan D	10	0	10	20
Louisville A	Michigan State B	0	0	10	10
CWRU A	Ohio State A	10	10	10	30
Ohio State C	Michigan State D	0	0	10	10
Claremont A	UC Irvine	10	10	10	30
Claremont B	USC B	0	0	10	10
UCLA B	UCLA A	10	10	10	30
UC Santa Barbara	UCLA D	0	0	10	10
UCLA C	UCLA E	0	0	10	10
UCLA F	USC A	0	0	10	10
UCSD B	Claremont C	0	0	10	10
Liberty A	JMU B	0	0	0	0
UNC D	Liberty C	0	0	10	10
UNC C	NCSU B	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech B	Tusculum A	0	0	10	10
UNC A	VCU A	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech C	Virginia A	0	0	10	10
Duke A	Virginia Tech A	0	0	10	10
William & Mary C	William & Mary A	0	0	10	10
Liberty B	William & Mary B	0	0	10	10
George Mason B	George Mason C	10	0	10	20
Maryland B	Penn	0	0	10	10
Maryland C	Columbia A	0	0	10	10
NYU A	Rutgers C	10	0	10	20
Maryland A	NYU B	10	10	10	30
NYU C	Rutgers A	10	10	10	30
George Mason A	Rowan	10	0	10	20
Rutgers D	Lehigh A	0	0	10	10
Stony Brook	Princeton	0	0	10	10
Lehigh B	Vassar A	0	0	10	10
Rutgers B	Vassar B	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins	Columbia B	0	0	10	10
Purdue A	Chicago A	0	0	10	10
WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Orange	0	0	10	10
Indiana B	Iowa A	0	0	10	10
Rose-Hulman A	Iowa B	0	0	10	10
Illinois Blue	Purdue B	10	0	10	20
Illinois Urbana	Purdue C	0	0	10	10
Purdue D	Indiana A	0	0	10	10
WashU Grolars	Illinois Champaign	0	0	10	10
Illinois Canada	William Woods University A	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Wisconsin B	10	10	10	30
Macalester	Minnesota	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	10	0	10	20
Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	0	0	10	10
Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston University B	0	0	10	10
Alberta A	Texas	10	10	10	30
Alberta B	Boise State	0	0	10	10
Arizona State A	Washington Masu	0	10	10	20
Washington Chinook	Arizona State B	0	0	10	10
British Columbia B	Washington Coho	10	10	0	20
British Columbia C	Washington Sockeye	10	10	10	30
Washington State	Washington Chum	0	0	10	10
Washington Steelhead	Washington Atlantic	0	0	10	10
Williams A	Tufts A	0	10	10	20
Nebraska B	Tulsa A	0	0	10	10
Central Oklahoma A	Kansas State A	10	10	10	30
Murray State College B	Harding	0	0	10	10
Nebraska C	Rose State	0	0	10	10
Murray State College A	Tulsa B	0	0	10	10
Oklahoma	Central Oklahoma B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech F	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt A	Auburn B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech A	Auburn C	10	0	10	20
Clemson A	Auburn A	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Georgia Tech B	10	0	10	20
Sewanne	Tennessee Tech	0	0	10	10
South Carolina A	Georgia A	0	0	10	10
Tennessee A	Emory A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Tennessee B	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt B	Clemson B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech E	Vanderbilt C	0	0	10	10
Chipola College	Mississippi State A	10	0	10	20
Durham C	Sheffield A	10	0	10	20
Durham D	Durham B	0	0	10	10
Edinburgh C	Edinburgh D	0	10	10	20
Sheffield B	Edinburgh B	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh A	York	10	10	10	30
Imperial D	Birmingham	0	0	10	10
Bristol	Imperial C	10	0	10	20
Cambridge C	Cambridge A	0	0	10	10
Cambridge D	LSE	0	0	10	10
Southampton	Cambridge E	0	0	10	10
Cardiff	Imperial A	10	0	10	20
Imperial B	Oxford	0	0	10	10
Warwick	Cambridge B	10	0	10	20
Binghamton A	Binghamton B	0	0	10	10
Binghamton C	Cornell D	0	0	10	10
ESF	Cornell B	0	0	10	10
RIT A	RIT B	0	0	10	10
Cornell C	Rochester	0	0	10	10