Table of Contents

Introduction: The Centrality of Trust in Moral and Social Life, by David Collins, Iris Vidmar Jovanović, 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 Miščević

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-Doğuoğlu 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 Organizations, Institutions, and Technology

Chapter 10. The Psychological Dynamics of Trust, With Applications to the Crisis of Trust in Organizations, by Marc A. Cohen

Chapter 11. Conspiracy Theories and Public Trust, by Brian L. Keeley

Chapter 12. Engineering Trustworthiness in the Online Environment, by Hugh Desmond

Chapter 13. OK, Google, Can I Trust You? An Anti-Trust Argument for Antitrust, by Trystan S. Goetze

Chapter 14. Institutional Trust in Medicine in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, by Michał Klincewicz

Part IV: Applied Issues of Interpersonal Trust

Chapter 15. Trusting at the End: Mosaic Trust and Dementia, by Em Walsh

Chapter 16. Trust, Attachment, and Monogamy, by Andrew Kirton and Natasha McKeever

Chapter 17. Trust in the Artist and the Audience: Aesthetic Virtue and the Hermeneutics of Faith, by David Collins and Iris Vidmar Jovanović

About the Author

David Collins is postdoctoral researcher in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford.

Iris Vidmar Jovanović is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Rijeka.

Mark Alfano is associate professor of philosophy at Macquarie University.

Reviews

The Moral Psychology of Trust, edited by Collins, Jovanovic, and Alfano, explores engaging moral questions regarding trust. The book is organized in four parts, each comprising up to six chapters written by different contributing authors. Chapters in part 1 deal with metaethical and metaphysical questions of trust, discussing, for example, its possible evolutionary origins and connection to free will. Part 2 looks at philosophical issues such as trust under oppression; part 3 examines trust in the context of various institutions (including technology providers, i.e., Google), while part 4 explores trust in personal relationships. There's a lot to like here: Nenad Misčevic's chapter on trusting our moral intuitions and Tiger Ziyu Zheng's chapter arguing for a Neo-Aristotelian account of trust are especially notable--both in part 1. Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.

This is an extremely valuable volume, both deepening the philosophical conversation about trust, and broadening it beyond philosophy.