Yes or no: Should models in MVC contain application logic?

Question

Yesterday I had some discussion with one of our developers regarding MVC, more precisely about the role of the model component in MVC.

In my opinion, a model should

Answer 1

Yes. It should. You are talking about Domain Driven Design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-driven_design

If you feel, you are not doing that then you are doing Anaemic Domain Model Design. that is an Anti Pattern.

I read through an article from Martin Flower on how bad the Anaemic Domain Design is. https://martinfowler.com/bliki/AnemicDomainModel.html