Trust is the bedrock for strong relations and stable society, and the culture of suspicion does not allow the cementing of trust. The project of enlightenment as expounded by Immanuel Kant in 1784 was meant to question the lazy slumber from which humanity suffers, therefore, remains under the tutelage or dependence over others. He was exemplifying a culture of questioning and the spirit of inquiry to improve the arts, sciences, morals, and politics but not at the quest of ravishing the trust. In fact, he was against the dogmatic belief which belies the spirit of critical inquiry. Mahatma Gandhi, to the contrary, believed that criticism breeds violence, therefore, it is better to constantly experiment one's moral conviction about the truth and to bring it into the practice. Others may follow the such practices if such actions are morally worthy to be followed. These two methods of life appear to be contradictory, which are often rephrased into a binary of faith versus suspicion, or ...
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