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Explanation and discovering the causes and factors of the human actions are the most important issue in the humanities. Scientific Philosophers have expressed different models for explanation in the social sciences and humanities. "Rational choice" is one of the most famous types of explanation which has been expressed in different methods and models. This article seeks to answer the question, "How Is rational choice model based on the Sadra’s philosophy and whether it can be used as a justified and efficient model to explain human actions?" For this purpose, First, using the descriptive - analytical method, we describe and illustrate the rational choice model as a way to explain human actions; and then using critical- analysis method to express weaknesses and defections of this model and show that the Sadra’s model (as like as other models of rational explanation) for the neglecting of external, structural and underlying reasons of human actions and also because imagining necessary causes as sufficient cause and linear and unidirectional look in analysis of human actions, cannot be considered as a comprehensive, justified and efficient model for explanation of human actions.