COVİD-19 İLE MÜCADELEDE DAVRANIŞSAL KAMU POLİTİKASI ARACI OLARAK DİNİN YERİ

Öz

Aralık 2019 itibariyle dünyanın büyük bir kısmını etkisi altına alan COVID-19’un çok ciddi sosyal, ekonomik ve psikolojik etkileri bulunmaktadır. Devletler ve uluslararası kuruluşlar COVID-19 ile mücadelede paternalistik politikaların yanı sıra davranışsal kamu politikalarına başvurmaktadır. Davranışsal iktisatçılara göre birey davranışları ahlaki norm ve değer yargılarının etkisi altında bulunmaktadır. Birey davranışlarının ahlaki norm kaynaklarından biri de dindir. Buradan hareketle; çalışmanın temel amacı, “Din COVID-19 ile mücadelede davranışsal kamu politikası aracı olarak kullanılabilir mi?” sorusunun yanıtlanmasıdır. Çalışma literatür değerlendirmesine dayanmaktadır. Neticede; dinin arzu edilen davranışa yönelik mesaj vermede toplum tarafından güven duyulan kişinin seçilmesi, tetikleme, sosyal norm ve akranları aracılığıyla ikna etme gibi dürtme yöntemlerine entegre edilerek COVID-19’la mücadelede davranışsal kamu politikası aracı olarak kullanılabileceği önerilmektedir. Ancak bu noktada; kişilerin dini liderlere ve kuruluşlara yönelik güven düzeyi, toplumun dindarlık düzeyi, toplumun genelinin COVID-19 önlemlerine uymak için hangi araçlarla motive edilebileceğinin ve bunun farklı gruplar için nasıl çeşitlendirilebileceği faktörlerinin de belirleyici olacağı düşünülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• davranışsal kamu politikaları
• dürtme
• din
• covid 19

THE ROLE OF RELIGION AS A BEHAVIORAL PUBLIC POLICY TOOL IN COMBATING COVID-19

Öz

COVID-19, influencing most of the world since December 2019, has serious social, economic and psychological effects. Governments and international corporations have applied behavioral public policies in addition paternalistic policies to combat COVID-19. According to behavioral economists; individual behaviors are under the influence of moral norms and values. Religion is one of the moral norm sources. From this point of view, the aim of the study is to answer the question of “Can religion be used as a behavioral public policy tool to struggle with COVID-19?”. The study is based on a literature review. As a result, it is recommended that; religion can be used as a behavioral public policy tool to combat COVID-19 by integrating nudge methods as priming, social norms, messenger and peer comparison. Factors as; the individuals’ trust level in religious leaders and institutions, the religiosity level of the society, the tools used to motivate the society to conform to COVID-19 measures and how could these measures be diversified for different sub groups are considered to be decisive. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Behavioral public policies
• nudge
• religion
• COVID-19
• Behavioral public policies, nudge, religion, COVID-19

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