Apparent trustworthiness depends entirely on the context of the assessment

Evidence

Ethnic bigots and my acquaintance of the past, if viewed strictly in the contexts of their own groups, might seem generally to be acting from trustworthy character or moral commitments. Seen in a different or much broader context they might seem to be not trustworthy either in character or moral commitments. On the account of trust as encapsulated interest, however, their actions might readily fit their own interests both within and outside their groups. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 160

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies that encapsulated interest makes trust relational to context rather than a stable character trait — the same person is both trustworthy and not, in different groups.
• XREF: Parallels the blindness novel’s moral framing: the doctor’s wife is trustworthy inside her small circle but her unblinded status marks her as outsider-threat to the group. — connects to: Vague, ever-reviewable assessment criteria generate functional anxiety in workers. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1660