Trust : analytic and applied perspectives / edited by Pekka Makella and Cynthia Townley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Makella, Pekka.

Townley, Cynthia.

Series:

Value inquiry book series ; v. 263.

Value inquiry book series, 0929-8436 ; vol. 263. Nordic Value Studies, NVS

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trust.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

“Whatever matters to human beings, trust is the atmosphere in which it thrives” writes Sissela Bok. Although trust is ubiquitous, understanding trust is a non-trivial challenge. Trust: Analytic and Applied Perspectives addresses critical and analytical issues of trust. It examines trust from a conceptual perspective as well as considers it in practical contexts ranging from the public sphere broadly understood to particular social institutions, such as universities and medical care. Trust: Analytic and Applied Perspectives explores what kind of good trust is, what kind of goods it can protect and how it can bring about goods, and develops subtle distinctions between trust and other virtues, and between trust and other forms of dependence. The pluralism of the volume reflects the diversity of the real world contexts and theoretical perspectives indispensable in the search of a deeper understanding of trust. Without such an understanding of the nature of trust and the good reasons why people might trust one another or the institutions, we are in danger of designing institutions that will reduce trust or even drive it out. Trust: Analytic and Applied Perspectives sheds new light on the intersecting dimensions of our social cooperation, in which trust can be responsibly undertaken.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

TRUST, TRUSTWORTHINESS, AND RESPONSIBILITY / Floora Ruokonen

TRUSTING INTERPRETATIONS / Karen Jones

TRUST IN WITTGENSTEIN / Olli Lagerspetz and Lars Hertzberg

A TRUST-BASED ARGUMENT AGAINST PATERNALISM / Simon Clarke

TRUST AND RISKY SECRETS / Timo Airaksinen

PUBLIC TRUST / Cynthia Townley and Jay L. Garfield

CAN YOU BUY TRUSTWORTHINESS? / Vittorio Pelligra

DESIRE FOR ESTEEM AS REASON FOR TRUST? / Pekka Mäkelä

TRUST IN NATURE AND TRUST IN PEOPLE: NECESSITY, CARE, AND RIGHTNESS / Per Ariansen

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

VIBS.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

94-012-0941-3

OCLC:

856012957

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401209410 DOI