These aren’t necessarily as much examples of trust as they are examples of
people being trustworthy, and how much our society requires that
trustworthiness in order to function.
1) While out on a school shopping trip, we looked
for examples of trust in the community.
One such example was when a woman forgot her purse behind as she was
leaving, and a man made a special effort to return it to her.
2) We also conducted our own experiment of letting
something small (but noticeable) fall from our pockets. While it was unclear exactly what the object
was to the onlookers, serveral people made conscous efforts to inform us that
we had dropped something, despite not knowing its value (it was a cap from a
soda bottle, which we threw away when we were done- no littering!).
3) There are other, subtler forms of trust that are
present in the world without us even knowing it. The fact that we go out in public at all proves
that we have some trust in others that they won’t harm us. This was evidenced by our trusting the man
sitting at the table next to us to not pull out his (visibly carried) gun from
its holster and shooting us. Trust is an
important aspect of life, whether we are aware of it or not.
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