Social Trust

Kevin Vallier is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University and the author of four edited volumes, and 40 peer-reviewed articles. His books include Liberal Politics and Public Faith (Routledge 2014), Must Politics Be War (2019), and Trust in a Polarized Age (2020). Michael Weber is Professor of Philosophy, and Department Chair, at Bowling Green State University. He has published on a wide variety of topics in ethics and political philosophy, including rational choice theory, ethics and the emotions, and egalitarianism. He has co-edited volumes on topics in applied ethics, including Paternalism, Manipulation, The Ethics of Self-Defense, and Religious Exemptions.

Introduction

Kevin Vallier and Michael Weber

Part I: Empirical Research on Social Trust

1. Social and Legal Trust: The Case of Africa

Andreas Bergh, Christian Bjørnskov, Kevin Vallier

2. Trustworthiness is a Social Norm, but Trusting is Not

Cristina Bicchieri, Erte Xiao, Ryan Muldoon

3. Trust, Diversity and (Ir-)Rationality: How Categorisation can lead to Discrimination

Simon Scheller

Part II: Concepts of Social Trust

4. Disappointed Yet Unbetrayed: A New Three-Place Analysis of Trust

Edward Hinchman

5. Public Trust in Science, Exploring the Idiosyncrasy-Free Ideal

Marion Boulicault and S. Andrew Schroeder

6. Justified Social Distrust

Lacey Davidson and Mark Satta

Part III: The Ethics and Politics of Social Trust

7. "I Feared for My Life": Police Killings, Epistemic Injustice, and Social Distrust

Alida Liberman

8. Convention, Social Trust, and Legal Interpretation

Ira Lindsay

9. Social Trust and Mistrust of Parental Care

Amy Mullin

10. A Case for Political Epistemic Trust

Agnes Tam