The philosophy of trust

310 Pages·2017·1.503 MB·English

by  Paul Faulkner, Thomas Simpson

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The Philosophy of Trust
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The Philosophy
of Trust
edited by
Paul Faulkner and Thomas Simpson
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Contents
List of Illustrations vii
List of Contributors ix
1. Introduction 1
Paul Faulkner and Thomas Simpson
2. The Empowering Theory of Trust 14
Victoria McGeer and Philip Pettit
3. Trust as a Second-Personal Attitude (of the Heart) 35
Stephen Darwall
4. On the Risks of Resting Assured: An Assurance Theory of Trust 51
Edward S. Hinchman
5. Betraying Trust 70
Collin O’Neil
6. ‘But I Was Counting On You!’ 90
Karen Jones
7. The Problem of Trust 109
Paul Faulkner
8. Trust and Collective Agency 129
Bernd Lahno
9. Trust as a Two-Place Relation 149
Jacopo Domenicucci and Richard Holton
10. Deciding to Trust 161
Benjamin McMyler
11. Trust and Evidence 177
Thomas Simpson
12. Being Pragmatic about Trust 195
Philip J. Nickel
13. Trusting a Promise and Other Things 214
David Owens
14. Trustworthy Groups and Organizations 230
Katherine Hawley
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15. Faith in Kant 251
Guy Longworth
16. ‘Trust is Basic’: Løgstrup on the Priority of Trust 272
Robert Stern
Index 295
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List of Illustrations
2.1 Responsiveness to evidence of trust 26
2.2 Trust-responsive dependability 27
8.1 Hi-Lo game 133
12.1 Trust and cooperation 199
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List of Contributors
Stephen Darwall, Yale University
Jacopo Domenicucci, École Normale Supérieure
Paul Faulkner, University of Sheffield
Katherine Hawley, University of St Andrews
Edward S. Hinchman, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Richard Holton, University of Cambridge
Karen Jones, University of Melbourne
Bernd Lahno, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
Guy Longworth, University of Warwick
Victoria McGeer, Princeton University
Benjamin McMyler, Texas A&M University
Philip J. Nickel, Eindhoven University of Technology
Collin O’Neil, Lehman College, New York
David Owens, King’s College London
Philip Pettit, Princeton University
Thomas Simpson, University of Oxford
Robert Stern, University of Sheffield