Trust - A Philosophical Study

Thomas W. Simpson addresses the fundamental question: why should I trust? He argues that social norms of trustworthiness resolve a tension between the thought that our trust should be based on the evidence you have for someone's trustworthiness, and the thought that someone's word is normally enough to settle for you whether you should trust them.

List of contents

• Preface


• Contents by section


• 1: The Value of Trust


• 2: Trust and Evidence


• 3: The Virtue of Trustworthiness


• 4: Assurance and Trust


• 5: Trust is Normal


• 6: Cultures of Trust


• 7: Trust in God


• References


• Index

About the author

Thomas W. Simpson has been an Associate Professor of Philosophy & Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, since 2013. He came to Oxford from Cambridge, where he received his degrees (BA, MPhil, PhD) and was a Research Fellow at Sidney Sussex College. He has also held visiting positions at MIT and Notre Dame.

Summary

Thomas W. Simpson addresses the fundamental question: why should I trust? He argues that social norms of trustworthiness resolve a tension between the thought that our trust should be based on the evidence you have for someone's trustworthiness, and the thought that someone's word is normally enough to settle for you whether you should trust them.

Additional text

Simpson's book offers a comprehensive treatment of the normativity of trust as a widely occurring interpersonal and social phenomenon.

Product details

• Authors: Prof Thomas W. (Associate Professor of Ph Simpson, Thomas W. Simpson, Thomas W. (Associate Professor of Philoso Simpson
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.09.2023
• EAN: 9780198855866
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885586-6
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge