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What Are The Main Strengths and Weaknesses of The Rational Choice Approach To
Religions Behavior?
What Are The Main Strengths and Weaknesses of The Rational Choice Approach To
Religions Behavior?
One of the pioneers of the rational choice theory has been Gary Becker.
He states that this app ....
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.... market reduces that output eg the punishment of criminals is a
tax on crime.
Finke and Iannaccone have applied this theory to religious behaviour and
understand that the high degree of religion in America is attributed to the
existence of a free market and therefore competition and diversification in
religion. Finke argues that in a free market start up costs are low and this
leads to new ideas and more diversity and therefore more chance of everyone
finding a religion they like. Also in a competitive free market earning a
living acts as an incentive to clergy to work harder and tr ....
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