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Trust is indispensable, yet it can be dangerous. Without trusting others, we cannot function in society, or even stay alive for very long, but being overly-trustful can be a bad strategy too. Trust is pragmatic, but it also has a moral dimension: trustworthiness is a virtue, and well-placed trust benefitsâŠ
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The book demonstrates that trust is an essential feature of both private and social lives. Most people are familiar with interpersonal trust because they trust their parents, relatives and friends. But a society also needs trust: trust in institutions (police, social services, politicians). The opposite of trust is distrust. Like trust it has serious consequences for the functioning of interpersonal and institutional relationships. In this Very Short Introduction (OUP 2012), Katherine Hawley investigates the role of trust and distrust, and their consequences, for interpersonal and institutional relationships. Trust provides reliability, predictability, cooperation and good will; distrust leads to insincerity, conspiracy,âŠ
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