Add to ORKGAccording 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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According to Burri, a major reason why suicide is often irrational lies in the option value of life....
This paper argues that under conditions of uncertainty, there is frequently a positive option value ...
Claims (or the implicit assumption of the inherent worth of life) are pervasive and remain virtually...
In 2020, suicide was the twelfth leading cause of death in the US across all age groups, ranking as ...
Human life has special importance. Human decisions must be granted special respect. It is natural to...
In recent Kantian discussions about suicide, it is not uncommon to find rela- tively ‘mild’ approach...
As things currently stand, our deaths are unavoidable and our lifespans short. It might be thought t...
Accounts of suicide are often framed through a narrative of prevention, by researchers and the publi...
This paper examines the rationality of other regarding preferences on end-of-life decisions such as ...
In making decisions, rationality is often equated to economic rationality. This means that in every ...
Many contemporary accounts of moral status consider an individual's status to be grounded in some co...
As things currently stand, our deaths are unavoidable and our lifespans short. It might be thought t...
Educação Superior::Ciências Humanas::FilosofiaPresents part of course, Death, when Professor Kagan p...
The act of killing self contradicts the central purpose of human evolution, that is, survival and pr...
Global environmental phenomena like climate change, major extinction events or flutype pandemics can...
According to Burri, a major reason why suicide is often irrational lies in the option value of life....
This paper argues that under conditions of uncertainty, there is frequently a positive option value ...
Claims (or the implicit assumption of the inherent worth of life) are pervasive and remain virtually...
In 2020, suicide was the twelfth leading cause of death in the US across all age groups, ranking as ...
Human life has special importance. Human decisions must be granted special respect. It is natural to...
In recent Kantian discussions about suicide, it is not uncommon to find rela- tively ‘mild’ approach...
As things currently stand, our deaths are unavoidable and our lifespans short. It might be thought t...
Accounts of suicide are often framed through a narrative of prevention, by researchers and the publi...
This paper examines the rationality of other regarding preferences on end-of-life decisions such as ...
In making decisions, rationality is often equated to economic rationality. This means that in every ...
Many contemporary accounts of moral status consider an individual's status to be grounded in some co...
As things currently stand, our deaths are unavoidable and our lifespans short. It might be thought t...
Educação Superior::Ciências Humanas::FilosofiaPresents part of course, Death, when Professor Kagan p...
The act of killing self contradicts the central purpose of human evolution, that is, survival and pr...
Global environmental phenomena like climate change, major extinction events or flutype pandemics can...