Respond to one of the following prompts with a thesis-based essay. Make sure to have a thesis with a position and specific explanation that includes just one or two factors. You should use evidence in all of your body paragraphs.
A. The Tokugawa Shogunate, the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty were all long-lived political entities. How would Thomas Hobbes or Karl Marx explain their success?
B. 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.
