How Can I Be Trusted? - A Virtue Theory of Trustworthiness

This work examines the concept of trust in the light of virtue theory, and takes our responsibility to be trustworthy as central. Rather than thinking of trust as risk-taking, Potter views it as equally a matter of responsibility-taking. Her work illustrates that relations of trust are never independent from considerations of power, and that asking ourselves what we can do to be trustworthy allows us to move beyond adversarial trust relationships and toward a more democratic, just, and peaceful society.

About the author

Nancy Nyquist Potter is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Louisville.

Summary

This work examines the concept of trust from the angle of the trustee, rather than the truster. Rather than thinking of trust as risk-taking, Potter views it as equally a matter of responsibility-taking. She looks at trust particularly in the context of power relations.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Nyquist Potter, Nancy Nyquist Potter
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2002
• EAN: 9780742511507
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1150-7
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 237 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 417 g
• Series: Feminist Constructions; Feminist Constructions
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