Part II: Trust

This is the web page for the Philosophy Part II course ‘Trust’ given by Richard Holton at the University of Cambridge, Lent term 2021. This page will provide links to papers and other texts that may be useful and to pdf versions of the handouts. If you have suggestions or comments, please let me know by emailing me at rjh221@cam.ac.uk

The main aim of this course is to provide an introduction to recent work on trust.

Classes for this course will take place on Zoom. Login details are on the Moodle page. If you don't have access to that but want to attend the course, email me.

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Session 1: Trust: A General Introduction to the Debate

[Handout]

Primary

• Annette Baier 'Trust and Antitrust', Ethics, 1986
  

Secondary

• Richard Holton 'Deciding to Trust, Coming to Believe', Australasian Journal of Philosophy 1994

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Session 2: Karen Jones

[Handout]

Primary

• Karen Jones, 'Trust as an Affective Attitude' Ethics, 1996
  

Secondary

• Karen Jones 'Trustworthiness' Ethics, 2012
  

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Session 3: Katherine Hawley

[Handout]

Primary

• Katherine Hawley 'Trust, Distrust, and Commitment', Nous, 2014
  

Secondary

• Katherine Hawley 'How to be Trustworthy', esp. Ch 4 'Trustworthiness'

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Session 4: Edward Hinchman

[Handout]

Primary

• Edward Hinchman, 'Trust and Diachronic Agency'.
  

Secondary

• Edward Hinchman, 'Telling as Inviting to Trust'
• Edward Hinchman, 'On the Risks of Resting Assured'

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