Social inclusion depends on neither natural right nor individual trust decisions

Evidence

The inclusion of persons in important social systems is thus neither a matter of nature, nor a matter of trusting, risk-taking, or rational decision. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1419

Categorization

  • XREF: Ties directly to Saramago: the doctor’s wife’s inclusion is neither natural nor chosen but contingent on remaining sighted — a purely observability-dependent position.