Trust is a three-part relation assessing another’s intentions about some action

Evidence

Trust is a three-part relation that is grounded in the truster’s assessment of the intentions of the trusted with respect to some action. Typically, the intentions of the trusted will be based in self-interest (as in the account of encapsulated interest), moral commitment, or idiosyncratic character. Other views, that trust is an attitude of ungrounded faith or belief or that it is inherently moral, are not convincing as general accounts of trust. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 51

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines trust as a three-part relation grounded in assessment of the trusted’s intentions, the core framework anchoring the reader’s Saramago integration.
• XREF: Connects to Luhmann’s familiarity-as-trust-grounding and to the blindness novel where the doctor’s wife assesses others’ intentions from a privileged observational position.