Trust is a plastic concept that requires narrow specification to be useful

Evidence

Admittedly, trust and distrust are, in the way in which complexity is reduced, confused in principle and oriented towards concrete persons or groups or the objects and events symbolizing their trustworthiness. That does not mean, however, that trust relationships cannot be restricted to specific aspects. One can trust someone in matters of love but not in money matters; one can trust his knowledge but not his skill, his moral intention but not his ability to report objectively, his taste but not his discretion. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 320 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Trust relationships can be restricted to specific domains of competence — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 320; Trust is domain-specific, varying by context and relationship rather than globally.; Life cycle models cannot capture abstract concepts like trust. — TOMASZ OLEJNICZAK, Development of Trust in Low-Trust…, 188

Related

• Trust relationships can be restricted to specific domains of competence (similarity 0.94)
• Trust is domain-specific, varying by context and relationship rather than globally. (similarity 0.92)
• Trust is an over-flexible concept that demands precise definition. (similarity 0.87)
• Life cycle models cannot capture abstract concepts like trust. (similarity 0.85)
• Grounded trust cannot be selectively aimed without criteria for selection (similarity 0.85)
• Survey items on generalized trust necessarily restrict the range of trustable matters (similarity 0.84)
• Trust is domain-specific and shifts with the trusted person’s incentives. (similarity 0.83)
• Testing trust requires a concrete setting and visible relation to one’s own risk decisions (similarity 0.82)
• Primary emotional attachments ground trust that later extends far beyond them (similarity 0.82)
• Trust is a theory about another’s future performance based on their claims (similarity 0.82)
• Trust is an attitude transferable to no other objects or people (similarity 0.82)
• Fine-grained discrimination of whom to trust limits the role of noncognitive trust. (similarity 0.82)
• Trust’s meaning varies radically across ordinary-language users (similarity 0.81)
• Trust sits between faith and confidence, where evidence is balanced by affectivity. (similarity 0.81)
• Widespread trust consists of pockets of dyadic relationships, not generalized sentiment (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Trust is domain-specific, varying by context and relationship rather than globally. #corroborates (0.85)
• Trust relationships can be restricted to specific domains of competence #qualifies (0.80) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 320