Self-identity depends on the trustworthy company of equals

Evidence

Trust in others is developed in conjunction with the formation of an inner sense of trustworthiness, which provides a basis of a stable self-identity subsequently. Hence very early on trust implies a mutuality of experience. — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 231 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

In general, they have found that those who are more willing to trust other people are likely to be equally trustworthy in that they are less likely to lie, cheat, or steal. They are also less likely to be unhappy or maladjusted, and are typically more liked by their friends and colleagues. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 525 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Trusting others and trusting oneself develop together. — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 231; People willing to trust others are themselves more trustworthy and well-adjusted — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 525; Real equality is experienced associationally and requires consciousness to be real (+2 more)

Related

• Learning to trust is steered by the developing self-identity (similarity 0.91)
• Trusting others and trusting oneself develop together. (similarity 0.90)
• People willing to trust others are themselves more trustworthy and well-adjusted (similarity 0.86)
• Suspicion of others’ trustworthiness is inherently well grounded (similarity 0.84)
• Primary emotional attachments ground trust that later extends far beyond them (similarity 0.82)
• Winning trust requires participating socially and absorbing others’ expectations into one’s self-presentation (similarity 0.79)
• System trust rests on trusting that others also trust (similarity 0.79)
• Social norms make people present stable identities that others can trust (similarity 0.79)
• Trust requires belief in the other’s motivations, not mere behavioral expectation (similarity 0.79)
• Modern self-discovery is intrinsically bound up with reflexive trust-building (similarity 0.79)
• Trust is not the master distinction characterizing modern society. (similarity 0.79)
• Individual trust is not rational even where group-wide trust would benefit all (similarity 0.79)
• Trust, though biologically inherited in its optimism, stays subject to correction by experience. (similarity 0.79)
• The assumption that people trust only on valid grounds is empirical and provisional (similarity 0.78)
• Distrust is self-reinforcing because it selects for untrustworthy partners (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Trusting others and trusting oneself develop together. #corroborates (0.80) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 231
• People willing to trust others are themselves more trustworthy and well-adjusted #corroborates (0.75) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 525