Understanding trustworthiness must precede understanding trust itself

Evidence

Arguably, much of the disagreement results from a mistaken focus of the inquiry on trust when what must first be understood is why another might be trustworthy in a particular relationship and context. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 51

Categorization

• XREF: The trustworthiness-first priority maps onto the blindness novel: the question isn’t whether the blind can trust the sighted wife, but why her intentions make her trustworthy.