Trust functions as a device for coping with others’ freedom

Evidence

Fundamentally, trust is a device for coping with the freedom of other persons (Luhmann 1979; and this volume). It is because of the phenomenological plausibility of this conception of trust that it plays such a prominent role in shaping collective life. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1146

Categorization

• XREF: Directly names the Luhmann framework the reader is building on — trust as a coping device for other persons’ freedom, made impossible when sight (observability/monitoring) vanishes in Saramago. — connects to: Trustworthiness is grounded in the trusted’s interest in maintaining a relationship; Trust means predicating one’s actions on others’ risky actions — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2424; Trust is a fragile coping device for ignorance about others’ future behavior — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2719 (+5 more)
• DEFINE: Core working definition of trust linking it to freedom of action of others.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1146