Life as a Trust Game A Comment on The Option Value of Life

Ponthiere, Gregory
(2022) Economics and Philosophy — Vol. 38, p. 300-308 (2022)

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According to Burri (2020), a major reason why suicide is often irrational lies in the option value of life. Remaining alive is valuable because this allows for a larger menu of options, and the possibility of committing suicide in the future adds further value to the act of remaining alive now. In this note, I represent life as a trust game played by two selves – the young self and the old self – and I argue that the possibility to commit suicide in the future can encourage committing suicide now, against what the theory of the option value of life predicts.
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Ponthiere, G. (2022). Life as a Trust Game A Comment on The Option Value of Life. Economics and Philosophy, 38, 300-308. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/108687 (Original work published 2022)