Preferences, prisoners and private information: was socrates rational at his trial?

• Main Author: GUHA, Brishti
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Trial; Jury preferences; Private information; Ancient athens; Socrates; Rationality; Common Knowledge; Behavioral Economics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2339; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3338/viewcontent/Preferences_prisoners_private_information_Socrates_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Using concepts from game theory, political economy, law and economics and the economics of asymmetric information, we describe the economics of one of the most famous trials in history—that of the Athenian philosopher Socrates. We discuss the question of whether Socrates’ actions during his trial we...