Vigilance is performative distrust that coexists with deep general trust

Evidence

Republican vigilance involves going through the motions of personal distrust, with a view to keeping the authorities on their toes, and is consistent with maintaining a high level of trust. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1299 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The belief in the need for civility and trust is consistent with the republican emphasis on the necessity of vigilance. Republican vigilance involves going through the motions of personal distrust, with a view to keeping the authorities on their toes, and is consistent with maintaining a high level of trust. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1299 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

If there is a swing from trust to distrust – and the same is true in the rarer reverse case – then the distruster adapts his behaviour to this new pattern of expectation and thus makes his change of attitude socially apparent. Distrust is made manifest by distrustful behaviour. Interpersonal behaviour is not a matter merely of ad hoc experience but something interpreted in terms of underlying ‘attitudes’, and used for the formation of expectations. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 271 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Institutional vigilance operates alongside rather than against interpersonal trust — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 1299; Vigilant distrust of authorities can coexist with high general trust. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 1299; Distrust becomes socially visible through distrustful behavior — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 271 (+2 more)

Related

• Vigilant distrust of authorities can coexist with high general trust. (similarity 0.95)
• Institutional vigilance operates alongside rather than against interpersonal trust (similarity 0.93)
• Republicanism distrusts the powerful, not the ordinary people, who need restraint. (similarity 0.82)
• Generalized distrust is more rational than generalized trust. (similarity 0.81)
• Voluntary acts of personal trust give the trusted party an incentive to be trustworthy (similarity 0.80)
• Trust and distrust are asymmetric in motivation and epistemology, not mirror images (similarity 0.79)
• A trusting society requires citizens to surrender instinctive distrust. (similarity 0.79)
• Misplaced trust costs far more than forgone trust, making distrust come more quickly (similarity 0.78)
• Distrust becomes socially visible through distrustful behavior (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Vigilant distrust of authorities can coexist with high general trust. #corroborates (0.92) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1299
• Institutional vigilance operates alongside rather than against interpersonal trust #corroborates (0.88) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1299
• Distrust becomes socially visible through distrustful behavior #expands (0.75) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 271
• Trust and distrust are asymmetric in motivation and epistemology, not mirror images #expands (0.72) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 433
• Pervasive distrust is stable because solo cooperation invites exploitation #complicates (0.72)