How does Robert Nozick respond to the counterexample involving a person in a well who vaporizes someone with a ray gun?
A) By "biting the bullet" and insisting that although the person acts in self-defense, it is wrong to harm an innocent person.
B) By revising his principle of NONAGGRESSION to allow for the use of force against innocent people who pose a serious threat.
C) By insisting that the person who falls down a well is not innocent in the relevant sense, since "innocence" means "nonthreatening."
D) By revising his principle of NONAGGRESSION to allow for the use of force whenever one believes oneself to be in danger.
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