Trust relationships can be restricted to specific domains of competence

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

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the specifiability of trust — trust itself can be domain-restricted, a prerequisite for trust-as-system-rationalization.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 320
• XREF: connects to: Primary emotional attachments ground trust that later extends far beyond them; Grounded trust cannot be selectively aimed without criteria for selection; Trust is a plastic concept that requires narrow specification to be useful (+2 more)