Fifth, the Cooperative Commonwealth idea is liberal or libertarian. That is, violence and coercion are considered bad things in themselves, and an institution that relies on violent coercion, as government does, has to be limited if not eliminated. But it is a value that springs directly from reciprocity. When one person has power over another, when one commands and the other must obey, that is an archtypal violation of the value of reciprocity, and rebellion, the retaliation against the wielder of power, springs from a source deep in human nature. Some government is necessary.
Environmental regulation belongs in that category.
Reciprocity also leads us to support democracy.