How Can I Be Trusted?

A Virtue Theory of Trustworthiness

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
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Author: Nancy Nyquist Potter ISBN: 9781461637462
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Publication: November 19, 2002
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Language: English
Author: Nancy Nyquist Potter
ISBN: 9781461637462
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication: November 19, 2002
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English

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. How Can I Be Trusted? illustrates that relations of trust are never independent from considerations of power, and that the trustee has a moral obligation not to exploit the vulnerability of the trusting person. 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.

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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. How Can I Be Trusted? illustrates that relations of trust are never independent from considerations of power, and that the trustee has a moral obligation not to exploit the vulnerability of the trusting person. 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.

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