Relationships built on self-interest are later recast as morally grounded

Evidence

But I might readily suppose that the problem is one of moral fault. A similar psychological process might take place for many relationships, such as friendship, love, caring, and so forth, each of which might supervene on a relatively rich background of interactions after a while. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 417

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explains what Hardin means by norms ‘supervening psychologically’ on interests, extending the philosophical concept from mind/brain to social motivation.
• XREF: Connects to Hume’s is/ought gap from paragraph 414 and to the general theme of how trust norms mask interest-based origins — relevant to the reader’s Hardin-Luhmann synthesis about how norms disguise strategic foundations. — connects to: Moral judgment of adultery reflects interest, not nature