Widespread mutual trust alone makes large-scale non-domination freedom possible

Evidence

Believing in the need for civility and trust is also consistent with valuing the independency associated with freedom as non-domination; the argument of this chapter is, paradoxically, that it is only when people behave in a manner that goes with widespread personal trust that freedom as non-domination can be achieved on a large scale. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1300

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: The paradox at the heart of the chapter: independency and trust appear opposed, yet trust is the condition of mass freedom.
• XREF: Mirrors Ostrom’s finding that trust-building institutions, not distrust, enable collective governance of commons resources. — connects to: Mutual trust cannot develop in unequal, nonreciprocal power relations — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 477; Complex social systems cannot rest on individual feeling-based trust alone — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 290; Trust reduces the complexity created by other people’s freedom — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 165 (+13 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 1300

Broader Connections

• Mutual trust cannot develop in unequal, nonreciprocal power relations #complicates (0.85) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 477
• Trust reduces the complexity created by other people’s freedom #expands (0.85) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 165
• Social order produces the conditions that generate trust, not vice versa #contradicts (0.85) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 785
• Power inequalities block trust because the strong lack encapsulated interest #complicates (0.85)
• Complex social systems cannot rest on individual feeling-based trust alone #qualifies (0.80) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 290
• Decentralized pursuit of non-domination breeds accumulating petty despotisms, not freedom #complicates (0.80) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 456
• Trust requires both freedom to defect and constraints that make cooperation attractive #expands (0.80)
• Extended interpersonal trust cannot reinforce itself without external mechanisms #qualifies (0.80) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1585
• Trust is a result rather than a precondition of cooperation #contradicts (0.80) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2781
• Cooperation requires trust as assurance against defection by non-dependent parties #expands (0.80) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 178
• Cooperation can operate independently of trust #qualifies (0.75)
• Generalized trust is not necessary for social order #qualifies (0.75) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 806