Fostering Trust and Cooperation: A Path to Civil Society

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The paper should be double-spaced and written in 12 pt. Times New Roman font with 1-inch margins. Cite evidence by author and page number (or chapter title if referring to an online Communist Manifesto or other source with no page numbers). Please use italics for all titles. Include a word count at the bottom of the paper.  Why should people trust each other? What are the sources of people’s cooperation? What are the chief obstacles to trust? Using two or three authors from our course please provide a specific recipe to increase cooperation between people. Angel Borja Professor Dave Henderson HUMANITIES 102 March 24, 2021  Writing Assignment #2 In today’s society, people  trust each other in order to bring new experiences into their life. Which means taking new opportunities and moving out of their comfort zone, it helps create this character which makes you a better person than the day before. According to Machiavelli, trust is when a ruler fights to keep all his citizens dependent on him and on the state. According to Locke, trust is when you live together in a civil society within a natural state. Machiavelli and Locke’s point of view of trust consists of being able to live together in a society where we can all be civil.  Machiavelli Locke Machiavelli & Locke Ending  Machiavelli: A wise ruler will contrive to keep all his citizens dependent on him and on the state and then he will be able to trust them.  https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/p/the-prince/summary-and-analysis/chapter-9 Locke: Trust is so important to Locke’s construction, because its power can spell the difference between freedom and enslavement. Trust determines whether or not men are willing to substitute society for natural state.  “living