Trust is an attitude transferable to no other objects or people

Evidence

Trust is therefore an attitude which is neither objective nor subjective; nor can it be transferred to other objects or to other trusting people. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 155

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to Giddens’s faceless commitments — the ‘reification’ of value allows trust in abstract systems (money, expert hierarchies) rather than persons, which is exactly Stevens’s orientation toward Lord Darlington’s household. — connects to: Primary emotional attachments ground trust that later extends far beyond them; Trust can only be secured and maintained in the present — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 119; Trust is confidence expressing faith in others’ probity or in abstract principles. — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 88 (+5 more)
• DEFINE: Precise definition of trust’s non-transferability and non-objectivity, core to operationalizing Luhmann for the Ishiguro argument.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 155

Broader Connections

• Trust is confidence expressing faith in others’ probity or in abstract principles. #qualifies (0.70) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 88
• Trust is a faith-like commitment, not mere cognitive calculation #corroborates (0.60) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 73