Social Trust

by Kevin Vallier (Editor), Michael Weber (Editor)

Overview

With increasingly divergent views and commitments, and an all-or-nothing mindset in political life, it can seem hard to sustain the level of trust in other members of our society necessary to ensure our most basic institutions work. This book features interdisciplinary perspectives on social trust. The contributors address four main topics related to social trust. The first topic is empirical and formal work on norms and institutional trust, especially the relationships between trust and human behaviour. The second topic concerns trust in particular institutions, notably the legal system, scientific community, and law enforcement. Third, the contributors address challenges posed by diversity and oppression in maintaining social trust. Finally, they discuss different forms of trust and social trust. Social Trust will be of interest to researchers in philosophy, political science, economics, law, psychology, and sociology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367458454
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/27/2021
Series:	Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kevin Vallier is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University and the author of four edited volumes, and 40 peer-reviewed articles. His books include Liberal Politics and Public Faith (Routledge 2014), Must Politics Be War (2019), and Trust in a Polarized Age (2020).

Michael Weber is Professor of Philosophy, and Department Chair, at Bowling Green State University. He has published on a wide variety of topics in ethics and political philosophy, including rational choice theory, ethics and the emotions, and egalitarianism. He has co-edited volumes on topics in applied ethics, including Paternalism, Manipulation, The Ethics of Self-Defense, and Religious Exemptions.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Kevin Vallier and Michael Weber

Part I: Empirical Research on Social Trust

1. Social and Legal Trust: The Case of Africa

Andreas Bergh, Christian Bjørnskov, Kevin Vallier

2. Trustworthiness is a Social Norm, but Trusting is Not

Cristina Bicchieri, Erte Xiao, Ryan Muldoon

3. Trust, Diversity and (Ir-)Rationality: How Categorisation can lead to Discrimination

Simon Scheller

Part II: Concepts of Social Trust

4. Disappointed Yet Unbetrayed: A New Three-Place Analysis of Trust

Edward Hinchman

5. Public Trust in Science, Exploring the Idiosyncrasy-Free Ideal

Marion Boulicault and S. Andrew Schroeder

6. Justified Social Distrust

Lacey Davidson and Mark Satta

Part III: The Ethics and Politics of Social Trust

7. "I Feared for My Life": Police Killings, Epistemic Injustice, and Social Distrust

Alida Liberman

8. Convention, Social Trust, and Legal Interpretation

Ira Lindsay

9. Social Trust and Mistrust of Parental Care

Amy Mullin

10. A Case for Political Epistemic Trust

Agnes Tam