Moral Psychology of Trust

This edited volume features discussions by leading scholars on the topic of trust and its place in moral psychology. The contributors cover theoretical and applied issues relating to trust, including trust and distrust in conditions of oppression, trust and technology, and trust in medical ethics.

List of contents

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

About the author

David Collins is postdoctoral researcher in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford.Iris Vidmar Jovanovic is associate professor and chair in aesthetics in the Department of Philosophy, University of Rijeka.Mark Alfano is associate professor of philosophy at Macquarie University.Natasha McKeever is Lecturer in Applied Ethics at the IDEA Centre in the University of Leeds, UK. She is co-director and co-lead (with Luke Brunning) of the Centre for Love, Sex and Relationships (CLSR) and the Ethical Dating Online Research Network. Previous titles include the edited volumes The Philosophy of Love in the Past, Present and Future (2022) and The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings 8th edition, 2022).

Product details

• Authors: David Vidmar Jovanovic Collins
• Assisted by: Mark Alfano (Editor), Alfano Mark (Editor), David Collins (Editor), David J. Collins (Editor), Iris Vidmar Jovanovic (Editor), Iris Vidmar Jovanovi¿ (Editor), Iris Vidmar Jovanovic (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781666921595
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-159-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Moral Psychology of the Emotions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Psychology: emotions, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge