Trust requires both freedom to defect and constraints that make cooperation attractive

Evidence

Fundamentally, trust is a device for coping with the freedom of other persons (Luhmann 1979; and this volume). It is because of the phenomenological plausibility of this conception of trust that it plays such a prominent role in shaping collective life. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1146 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Trust matters precisely because relations have prisoner’s-dilemma structure — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 908; Reciprocal trust creates mutual incentives for trustworthiness — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 166; All trust is relational and requires ongoing or reputational interaction (+19 more)

Related

• Trust functions as a device for coping with others’ freedom (similarity 0.89)
• Trust requires assurance that is at least somewhat well based (similarity 0.88)
• Trust is not a resource depleted by use (similarity 0.88)
• Trust operates where parties are both free and constrained (similarity 0.88)
• Trust is a theory about another’s future performance based on their claims (similarity 0.87)
• Trust relationships self-maintain once the parties recognize mutual benefit (similarity 0.87)
• Trust is expectation formed before the other’s action can be monitored (similarity 0.87)
• Trust is a result rather than a precondition of cooperation (similarity 0.86)
• Trust matters precisely because relations have prisoner’s-dilemma structure (similarity 0.86)
• Genuine trust requires one’s own freedom to exit a relationship (similarity 0.86)
• Explaining trust requires understanding the conditions of cooperation (similarity 0.85)
• Trust is an irreducible tradeoff between over- and under-constraining agents. (similarity 0.85)
• Building stable relations generates the incentives that produce trust (similarity 0.85)
• Trust requires both freedom to betray and constraint making the relationship worthwhile. (similarity 0.85)
• Building mutual trust requires confronting risk rather than avoiding it (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Cooperation can operate independently of trust #contradicts (0.90)
• Trust functions as a device for coping with others’ freedom #corroborates (0.90) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1146
• Building mutual trust requires confronting risk rather than avoiding it #expands (0.85)