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Ongoing Ideas

Trust

Trust is of great importance in daily life. It is the glue that holds society alive and functional. Without trust, our institutions would collapse. But just how healthy is trust within our modern world, and particularly within North American and Europe? This section will discuss trust in two areas:
  • Trust in the Market Place
  • Trust in Society

Trust in the Market

When, in the late 17th Century, bankers, merchants and shippers met in Edward Lloyd's Coffee House they carried out their transactions based on the principle of “my word is my bond”. Indeed in English law a verbal agreement, sealed by a handshake, was legally binding, the written contract being only a memorandum of what had been agreed upon by both parties. Yet, on the one hand, a series of scandals have compromised our level of trust in the market, but, on the other, it does not seem possibile for the market to function without a high level of trust
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Trust in Society

Confucius argued that weapons, food and trust are essential to government, and if a ruler can't hold on to all three then he should first give up weapons, then food, but trust must be guarded to the end. But just how healthy is trust within our modern world, and particularly within North American and Europe? We certainly read and hear a great deal about the current “crisis in trust”. On the other hand Onora O’Neill in “A Question of Trust” argued that while opinion poles indicate that trust is compromised, nevertheless we still act and operate as if we trust the institutions around us. For O’Neill it is not so much that trust is lacking today, but that we have engendered a culture of suspicion.

While trust is interwoven within our society, we shall begin by focusing on

  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Science
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Education

Dedicated to explorations in education at all levels, schools, institutions, universities and Life Long Learning
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