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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
Easy: the person feels it's better to be dead than to be alive. Utility maximized.
Rational behavior has nothing to do with facts or wisdom. It has only to do with perceptions.
This seems like a naive interpretation of my question, presupposing that everyone who commits suicide thinks it's for the best.
Or at best, it strips the definition of utility down to a wholly subjective meaning, which cannot be objectively evaluated to predict behavior.
The point of economics is still to make predictions, yeah?
How does this definition of utility support your ability to make predictions?
How do you explain self-destructive behavior? People do things which are actively done because of the anti-utility, right?
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