People can be opportunistic in some domains while staying honest in others

Evidence

In addition, Frank (1988, 18), agreeing with Pascal, notes that behavior influences character: “few people can maintain a predisposition to behave honestly while at the same time frequently engaging in transparently opportunistic behavior.” My experience suggests that this claim is false because people can be opportunistic on some matters and honest on others. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 991

Categorization

• XREF: Ties directly to the reader’s Hardin/Luhmann integration — this domain-specific honesty challenges the assumption that trustworthiness is a unified trait, bearing on how the sighted wife can be trustworthy while others in her group behave opportunistically.