The Moral Foundations of Trust

by Eric M. Uslaner

Book Overview

The Moral Foundations of Trust seeks to explain why people place their faith in strangers, and why doing so matters. Trust is a moral value that does not depend upon personal experience or on interacting with people in civic groups or informal socializing. Instead, we learn to trust from our parents, and trust is stable over long periods of time. Trust depends on an optimistic world view: the world is a good place and we can make it better. Trusting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521011035
• ISBN13: 9780521011037
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"