Theories of trust as a good really describe trustworthiness, not trust

Evidence

The extant accounts of trust as a good are misleadingly said to be about trust when in fact they are about trustworthiness. When they are cast as being about trust, they are incoherent; when recast as being about trustworthiness, they can be compelling. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 336

Categorization

• DEFINE: A sharp conceptual-eliminativist claim: ‘trust as capital/good’ accounts are incoherent unless reframed as claims about trustworthiness — a useful scalpel for the reader’s integration work.