Trust, Ethics and Human Reason

AvOlli Lagerspetz,Thom Brooks

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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The variety of approaches to the concept of trust in philosophy reflects the fact that our worries are diverse, from the Hobbesian concern for the possibility of rational cooperation to Wittgenstein’s treatment of the place of trust in knowledge. To speak of trust is not only to describe human action but also to take a perspective on it and to engage with it. Olli Lagerspetz breathes new life into the philosophical debate by showing how questions about trust are at the centre of any in-depth analyses of the nature of human agency and human rationality and that these issues, in turn, lie at the heart of philosophical ethics.Ideal for those grappling with these issues for the first time, Trust, Ethics and Human Reason provides a thorough and impassioned assessment of the concept of trust in moral philosophy.

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Utgivningsdatum:2015-11-19
Mått:138 x 216 x 12 mm
Vikt:259 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bloomsbury Ethics
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781441184870

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Olli Lagerspetz is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Åbo Academy, Finland.

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A very welcome addition to the discussion of a topic that is increasingly recognized as crucial to an adequate understanding of agency, rationality and ethics. Lagerspetz offers a useful survey of philosophical views of the place and importance of trust in human life, while making his own distinctive and valuable contribution to the discussion. This is essential reading for all working in these and related areas.

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Acknowledgements1 Trust and our worries with itTrust and reason: Friends or foes?On how to write about what trust ‘is'The need for reflexivityCurrent issuesTrust and relianceNormative and non-normative conceptions of trustWhat happens next?2 Trust and Hobbesian reasonThe Hobbesian dilemmaTrust as risk managementA game-theoretic solutionCritique of game theory: The need for a socialframeworkTrustworthiness and encapsulated interestsIs this trust? – A caveatTrust and strategic reason, and where to go fromhereThe metaphysics of interests3 Vulnerability and entrustingBaier’s ambiguous critique of rationalismThe theory of trust as entrustingEntrusting and simple trustFactual and ethical vulnerabilityThe notion of possibilityVulnerability revisitedA Novel from the 21st CenturyTrusting and being trusted4 The time dimensionMethodological timelessnessPrisoners’ Dilemma revisitedTimelessness in non-formal treatments of trust Assessing probabilityTrust as an interpretative activityNormality in ongoing interactionMethodological timelessness and methodologicalindividualism5 ‘Trust’ as an organizing toolIs trust a psychological state?The ‘dys-appearance’ of trustFirst- and third-person perspectivesThe need for challengeConclusion6 Communication, truthfulness, trustCommunication as manipulation and mindreadingThe testimony debateThe norm of truthfulnessLøgstrup: Trust in conversation‘Image’ vs real presenceThe place of ‘trust’ in different ideas oflanguage7 Basic trustTrust as a response to scepticismA self-deception theory of basic trustParanoia and scepticism‘The substratum of all my enquiring and asserting’Meeting the other in trust: Weil and LøgstrupIdeas of basic trust in context8 ConclusionsNotesBibliographyIndex

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