Trust is confidence expressing faith in others’ probity or in abstract principles.

Evidence

Trust may be defined as confidence in the reliability of a person or system, regarding a given set of outcomes or events, where that confidence expresses a faith in the probity or love of another, or in the correctness of abstract principles (technical knowledge). — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 88

Categorization

• DEFINE: This is Giddens’s formal definition of trust — the load-bearing term the reader is mapping onto Stevens. Worth quoting verbatim in the essay.
• XREF: connects to: Trust is an attitude transferable to no other objects or people — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 155; Trust is a faith-like commitment, not mere cognitive calculation — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 73; Giddens defines trust as confidence in the reliability of a person or system expressing faith in the probity or love of another or in the correctness of abstract principles, and notes all trust is in a sense blind trust. — Giddens on Trust (+7 more)

Related

• Giddens defines trust as confidence in the reliability of a person or system expressing faith in the probity or love of another or in the correctness of abstract principles, and notes all trust is… (similarity 0.92)
• All trust is blind trust, being the link between faith and confidence. (similarity 0.90)
• Trust is a faith-like commitment, not mere cognitive calculation (similarity 0.89)
• Trust is defined by the reason for expectation, not the expectation itself (similarity 0.87)
• Trust is an attitude transferable to no other objects or people (similarity 0.86)
• Trust requires belief in the other’s motivations, not mere behavioral expectation (similarity 0.86)
• Trust is willed action taken despite an information deficit. (similarity 0.85)
• Trust is required only amid ignorance, which always grounds scepticism as well. (similarity 0.84)
• Trust sits between faith and confidence on an evidence-affect continuum (similarity 0.84)
• Trust differs from confidence in that trust acknowledges alternatives and risks, confidence does not. (similarity 0.84)
• Trust is domain-specific, varying by context and relationship rather than globally. (similarity 0.84)
• Trust is a degree of expected probability, not a separate decision layered onto risk. (similarity 0.83)
• Trust is an over-flexible concept that demands precise definition. (similarity 0.83)
• Modern trust is vested in abstract capacities, not individuals (similarity 0.83)
• Familiarity prevents trust from becoming a conscious problem; doubt reopens it. (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• All trust is blind trust, being the link between faith and confidence. #expands (0.85) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 86
• Trust differs from confidence in that trust acknowledges alternatives and risks, confidence does not. #qualifies (0.70) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 81