Trust as an Affective Attitude

By Karen Jones. 1996

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Building Trust in Economic Space (2006, methodology): “Jones (1996), using an extreme example, cites China’s Cultural Revolution as a period or ‘climate’ when generalized distrust was the norm and there were generally few incentives for trusting others.”
Trust, Distrust and Commitment (2014, background): “Following Annette Baier, philosophers usually distinguish genuine trust from mere reliance (Baier 1986, 234; Hieronymi 2008, 215; Holton 1994, 2–3; Jones 1996, 14; C (cid:2) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 1 2 Distrust Is Not Mere Nonreliance Philosophical accounts of trust standardly attempt to…”
The reasons of trust (2008, background): “17 Likewise, returning to Jones 1996 , it seems that a trickster could have an attitude of optimism about the competence and goodwill of another and a confident expectation that she will be moved by the fact that he is counting on her without thereby trusting her.”
Transparency and the Black Box Problem: Why We Do Not Trust AI (2021, background): “What counts as good reasons for trusting is a matter of considerable debate, but at the very least that B is capable or competent to do X is necessary for A to trust B (Baier, 1986; Jones, 1996, 2012; Simpson, 2012).”
Towards Transparency by Design for Artificial Intelligence (2020, background): “Trust involves a trustor’s/principal’s assessment of the trustee/agent’s trustworthiness in terms of ability, benevolence, and integrity (Bhattacherjee 2001; Jones 1996).”
Rationality and Psychology in International Politics (2005, background): “Changing the payoffs is one solution, but this abolishes rather than solves the problem+96 Taylor notes “external” and “internal” solutions to collective action problems+97 External solutions include reliance on political entrepreneurs or on property rights, whereas internal solutions rely on, for e”
The attitude of trust is basic (2015, background): “Third, trust and distrust, it is often said, are contraries but not contradictories (Jones 1996: 15).”
What Have We Learned About Generalized Trust, If Anything? (2008, background): “Is it “a general outlook on human nature” (Uslaner 2002, p. 17), an (affective or emotional) attitude ( Jones 1996, Miller 2000), a relationship (Hardin 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006), a decision (Bohnet & Zeckhauser 2004, Eckel & Wilson 2004, Herreros 2004), an action (Sztompka 1999), or a kind of…”
A characterization of trust, and its consequences (2009, background): “Neither is the emotional basis of trust to be understood strategically, as when the giving of trust is seen as an affective orientation toward the other that generates a favorable reciprocal disposition of trustworthiness (Jones 1996).”