All trust is blind trust, being the link between faith and confidence.

Evidence

Trust is not the same as faith in the reliability of a person or system; it is what derives from that faith. Trust is precisely the link between faith and confidence, and it is this which distinguishes it from “weak inductive knowledge.” The latter is confidence based upon some sort of mastery of the circumstances in which confidence is justified. All trust is in a certain sense blind trust! — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 86

Categorization

• XREF: “All trust is blind trust” is the precise mechanism for Stevens: he has no mastery of circumstances, so his confidence in the household is pure faith-derived trust, never weak inductive knowledge. — connects to: Trust clues only reduce risk, never eliminate the leap of faith. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 171; Trust is confidence expressing faith in others’ probity or in abstract principles. — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 88; Giddens defines trust as confidence in the reliability of a person or system expressing faith in the probity or love of another or in the correctness of abstract principles, and notes all trust is in a sense blind trust. — Giddens on Trust (+3 more)

Related

• Trust is confidence expressing faith in others’ probity or in abstract principles. (similarity 0.90)
• Giddens defines trust as confidence in the reliability of a person or system expressing faith in the probity or love of another or in the correctness of abstract principles, and notes all trust is… (similarity 0.90)
• Trust is a faith-like commitment, not mere cognitive calculation (similarity 0.87)
• Luhmannian confidence is blind trust akin to hope, not trust (similarity 0.86)
• Trust clues only reduce risk, never eliminate the leap of faith. (similarity 0.85)
• Trust is defined by the reason for expectation, not the expectation itself (similarity 0.84)
• Trust requires belief in the other’s motivations, not mere behavioral expectation (similarity 0.84)
• Trust is required only amid ignorance, which always grounds scepticism as well. (similarity 0.83)
• Trust is willed action taken despite an information deficit. (similarity 0.83)
• Trust sits between faith and confidence on an evidence-affect continuum (similarity 0.83)
• Trust differs from confidence in that trust acknowledges alternatives and risks, confidence does not. (similarity 0.83)
• Trust is a cognitive state of belief, not an action or purpose (similarity 0.83)
• Trust is domain-specific, varying by context and relationship rather than globally. (similarity 0.82)
• Trust involves a calculable asymmetry of possible harm, while hope does not (similarity 0.82)
• Trust is a kind of knowledge grounded in trustworthy evidence (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Trust is a faith-like commitment, not mere cognitive calculation #expands (0.70) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 73
• Trust differs from confidence in that trust acknowledges alternatives and risks, confidence does not. #qualifies (0.60) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 81