Editing Rational choice model (section)

=== Criticism based on the biopolitical paradigm ===
The basic assumptions of rational choice theory do not take into account external factors (social, cultural, economic) that interfere with autonomous decision-making. Representatives of the [[Biopolitics|biopolitical]] paradigm such as [[Michel Foucault]] drew attention to the micro-power structures that shape the soul, body and mind and thus top-down impose certain decisions on individuals.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Foucault |first=Michel |url=https://libcat.simmons.edu/Record/b1331290/TOC |title=The history of sexuality / |date=1990 |publisher=Vintage Books |isbn=978-0-679-72469-8 |edition=Vintage books |archive-date=2024-08-13 |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813152553/https://libcat.simmons.edu/Record/b1331290/TOC |url-status=live }}</ref> Humans – according to the assumptions of the biopolitical paradigm – therefore conform to dominant social and cultural systems rather than to their own subjectively defined goals, which they would seek to achieve through rational and optimal decisions.