Exit and voice parallel partner-choice versus punishment responses

Evidence

This difference is similar to Hirschman’s influential contrast between “voice” and “exit” as the two possible responses available to dissatisfied social or economic actors (Hirschman 1970). — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 213

Categorization

  • XREF: Nicely maps the mutualism/partner-choice framework onto Hirschman’s classic exit/voice distinction; useful for framing the fumi-e ceremony as forced exit or voice in the reader’s analytical piece. — connects to: Fairness evolves from partner choice, not partner control — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 610; Partner choice predicts fair cooperation while group selection predicts utilitarian cooperation. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 637; Behavioral departures from norms can be adaptive responses — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 443 (+4 more)
  • SEED: An essay angle: the fumi-e trampling is a forced ‘exit’ scenario for priests — denying exit/voice disrupts cooperative solidarity.

Broader Connections