Relational-Choice Theory: Article Analysis

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They are many philosophies in the world to define the human compartment and many people has dedicated their lives to have a better understanding of human behavior. The “relational-choice theory”, despite of the impeccable description of the theory, it also has some neuralgic points. The vulnerable part of the relational-choice is the assumptions. In my opinion, spreading a portfolio is a learned behavior and not natural behavior that only certain categories of people practice it. If we are dealing with religious views about the world and life, the various religious variants offer different and sometimes contradictory representations.
In my view, the article “Rough Justice” doesn’t relate to this theory, since the article talks about an increase

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