Is it good to be trusting, or should we be wary of trusting others? Trust seems to be the basis of large-scale social cooperation and even of democracy itself, but in recent years many commentators and researchers have lamented the dawn of a post-trust era. Edited by David Collins, Iris Vidmar Jovanovic, and Mark Alfano, The Moral Psychology of Trust examines trust from a variety of perspectives in philosophy and the social sciences. The contributors explore topics such as the nature of trust and its connection to a range of other emotions, conditions under which it is good to be trusting and trustworthy, and what role trust might play in our intellectual, moral, and political lives. The chapters apply theoretical perspectives on trust to a number of issues of current concern, including how trust can and should function in conditions of social oppression, trust and technology, trust and conspiracy theories, the place of trust in medical ethics, and the ethics of trust in a variety of interpersonal relationships.
David Collins is postdoctoral researcher in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Iris Vidmar Jovanovic is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Rijeka. Mark Alfano is associate professor of philosophy at Macquarie University.
Introduction: The Centrality of Trust in Moral and Social Life, by David Collins, Iris Vidmar Jovanovic, and Mark Alfano Part I: Theoretical Issues in the Moral Psychology of Trust Chapter 1. Trust, Demographic Thresholds, and Cooperation in Social Evolution, by Charles Stanish Chapter 2. A Phenomenological Analysis of Trust and Betrayal, by J. Keeping Chapter 3. Trusting is Believing, by Miriam Schleifer McCormick Chapter 4. Trusting Our Moral Intuitions, by Nenad Miscevic Chapter 5. On the Human Necessity of Trusting: A Case for Viewing Trust as a Neo-Aristotelian Virtue, by Tiger Ziyu Zheng Chapter 6. Trust, Mistrust, and Autonomy, by Edward Hinchman and Andrea Westlund Part II: Trust and Distrust in Conditions of Oppression Chapter 7. Towards a Feminist Theory of Distrust, by Hale Demir-Doguoglu and Carolyn McLeod Chapter 8. Self-Deception, Strategic Self-Distrust, and Oppression, by Jordan MacKenzie Chapter 9. Dialogical Trust and Procedural Justice, by Natalie Stoljar Part III: Trust in Organizations, Institutions, and Technology Chapter 10. The Psychological Dynamics of Trust, With Applications to the Crisis of Trust in Organizations, by Marc A. Cohen Chapter 11. Conspiracy Theories and Public Trust, by Brian L. Keeley Chapter 12. Engineering Trustworthiness in the Online Environment, by Hugh Desmond Chapter 13. OK, Google, Can I Trust You? An Anti-Trust Argument for Antitrust, by Trystan S. Goetze Chapter 14. Institutional Trust in Medicine in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, by Michal Klincewicz Part IV: Applied Issues of Interpersonal Trust Chapter 15. Trusting at the End: Mosaic Trust and Dementia, by Em Walsh Chapter 16. Trust, Attachment, and Monogamy, by Andrew Kirton and Natasha McKeever Chapter 17. Trust in the Artist and the Audience: Aesthetic Virtue and the Hermeneutics of Faith, by David Collins and Iris Vidmar Jovanovic
