Risky personal trust overtures presuppose and expand the trustor’s freedom
Evidence
Finally, there is no inconsistency in embracing the republican ideas presented here and believing that overtures of personal trust, even overtures that put the trustor at risk, can be positive and desirable initiatives; such acts presuppose the relative non-domination of the parties involved, they often serve further to promote a person’s freedom as non-domination, and they can be particularly sensible means to that end, given a recognition of the power of the intangible hand. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1301
Categorization
- QUESTION: What is the ‘intangible hand’ being referenced here — an invisible-hand claim that trust overtures pay off socially even when they risk the trustor?
- XREF: connects to: Personal trust shifts the odds in the trustor’s favour by incentivizing good behavior — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 1204; Trusting others’ trust in you multiplies action possibilities but at double risk — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 260; Trust requires controlling one’s own readiness to accept risk — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 161 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Trusting others’ trust in you multiplies action possibilities but at double risk
#qualifies(0.85) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 260 - Personal trust shifts the odds in the trustor’s favour by incentivizing good behavior
#expands(0.82) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1204 - Reflexive personal trust enables actions impossible by simple trust
#expands(0.80) - Trust requires controlling one’s own readiness to accept risk
#qualifies(0.78) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 161 - Trust reduces the complexity created by other people’s freedom
#expands(0.78) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 165