Metaphysics of Trust - On Freedom and Calculation in Social Cooperation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

This book provides the foundations of trust amidst radical uncertainty. Specifically, it addresses the question of under what condition it is possible to trust relative strangers. As the first logical investigation of its kind, the book breaks with many preconceived ideas we have about trust and the scientific method that leads to its clarification. It builds on the insight that, contrary to widespread belief, it is not risk but freedom that is most fundamental for explaining trust. In fact, trust is the giving of freedom, out of freedom, and one's consciousness of the potential risks involved merely disturbs one's ability to trust. The book makes the twofold normative claim that any legitimate scientific preoccupation with trust must necessarily include the concept of freedom in its account, and that theories of trust that run against the logical prerequisites of freedom are a-priori falsified. It presents a theoretical proposal that makes sure that trust, instead of being constructed as a passive and functional "illusion" of natural love, is understood as the necessary product of an active reason that is oriented towards developing human autonomy.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Issues in Business Ethics, 61
Release date:	April 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Michael Suurendonk
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	151
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-095725-4
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business ethics Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General
LSN:	3-03-095725-X
Barcode:	9783030957254

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