The philosophy of trust / edited by Paul Faulkner and Thomas Simpson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Faulkner, Paul, 1969- editor.

Simpson, Thomas (Associate professor of philosophy and public policy), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social epistemology.

Trust--Philosophy.

Trust.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

vi, 299 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Trust is central to our social lives. We know by trusting what others tell us. We act on that basis, and on the basis of trust in their promises and implicit commitments. So trust underpins both epistemic and practical cooperation and is key to philosophical debates on the conditions of its possibility. It is difficult to overstate the significance of these issues. On the practical side, discussions of cooperation address what makes society possible-of how it is that life is not a Hobbesian war of all against all. On the epistemic side, discussions of cooperation address what makes the pooling of knowledge possible-and so the edifice that is science. But trust is not merely central to our lives instrumentally; trusting relations are themselves of great value, and in trusting others, we realize distinctive forms of value. What are these forms of value, and how is trust central to our lives? These questions are explored and developed in this volume, which collects fifteen new essays on the philosophy of trust. They develop and extend existing philosophical discussion of trust and will provide a reference point for future work on the topic. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Paul Faulkner Faulkner, Paul, Thomas Simpson Simpson, Thomas 1

2 The Empowering Theory of Trust / Victoria McGeer McGeer, Victoria, Philip Pettit Pettit, Philip 14

3 Trust as a Second-Personal Attitude (of the Heart) / Stephen Darwall Darwall, Stephen 35

4 On the Risks of Resting Assured: An Assurance Theory of Trust / Edward S. Hinchman Hinchman, Edward S. 51

5 Betraying Trust / Collin O'Neil O'Neil, Collin 70

6 'But I Was Counting On You!' / Karen Jones Jones, Karen 90

7 The Problem of Trust / Paul Faulkner Faulkner, Paul 109

8 Trust and Collective Agency / Bernd Lahno Lahno, Bernd 129

9 Trust as a Two-Place Relation / Jacopo Domenicucci Domenicucci, Jacopo, Richard Holton Holton, Richard 149

10 Deciding to Trust / Benjamin McMyler McMyler, Benjamin 161

11 Trust and Evidence / Thomas Simpson Simpson, Thomas 177

12 Being Pragmatic about Trust / Philip J. Nickel Nickel, Philip J. 195

13 Trusting a Promise and Other Things / David Owens Owens, David 214

14 Trustworthy Groups and Organizations / Katherine Hawley Hawley, Katherine 230

15 Faith in Kant / Guy Longworth Longworth, Guy 251

16 'Trust is Basic': Løgstrup on the Priority of Trust / Robert Stern Stern, Robert 272.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198732546

9780198732549

OCLC:

960835447