Dilemmas of trust / Trudy Govier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Govier, Trudy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trust.

Interpersonal relations.

Physical Description:

ix, 241 p. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca, N.Y. : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Trust facilitates communication, love, friendship, and co-operation and is fundamentally important to human relationships and personal development. Using examples from daily life, interviews, literature, and film, Govier describes the role of trust in friendship and in family relationships as well as the connection between self-trust, self-respect, and self-esteem. She examines the reasons we trust or distrust others and ourselves, and the expectations and vulnerabilities that accompany those attitudes. But trust should not be blind. Acknowledging that distrust is often warranted, Govier describes strategies for coping with distrust and designing workable relationships despite it. She also examines situations in which the integrity of interpersonal relationships has been violated by serious breaches of trust and explores themes of forgiveness, reconciliation, and the restoration of trust. By encouraging reflection on our own attitudes of trust and distrust, this fascinating book points the way to a better understanding of our relationships and ourselves.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Why Trust?

The Focus of Friendship

Trust and the Family

Problems of Trust in Families

Self-Trust

Self-Trust, Self-Respect, and Self-Esteem

Reasons for Trust and Distrust

Distrust and Its Discomforts

Restoring Trust

Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Dilemmas ol Trust

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-237) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85536-0

9786612855368

0-7735-6751-8

OCLC:

929121392