Tag: free riders
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Self-Interest and Benevolence: Partners, not Antonyms (Part 11)
(Link to Part 10) Benevolence in Family and Beyond I concluded the last post by characterizing the family as a benevolence-oriented commune. There is communal property. Some laborers produce goods for trade. There is a place for those without the capacity to do economic labor and a place for caregivers. Biological bonds and those established…
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Why do strict churches prosper?
Bradley Wright's Weblog: Why do strict churches prosper? …Rational choice theory assumes that all else being equal, we try to reduce costs and increase benefits. Applied to religion, how would this explain why liberal, mainline churches are losing members when more conservative, evangelical and fundamentalist churches are gaining? This is a puzzle because the latter…