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τ
TRUST
(
XYC
gx
)
implies TRUST
-
that
(
Xp
)
(2.3)
The relation between 'Trust in'
Y
and in his action and trust that
p
is just one and the
same relation (or better reflects the same basic action-theory relation) between the
Intention
to do
a given action and the
Intention that
a given result holds: when I have the
Intention
that
something holds, this necessarily implies that I believe that it depends on me, I have to act,
and I
Intend to do
something; vice versa, if I have the
Intention to do
an action, this is certainly
in order to achieve a given goal/result; thus I also
Intend that
this result be realized. When all
there are not up to me, but delegated to another agent
Y
, we get all these forms of
Trust that
(outcome and performance) and the prerequisites of the trust
in
the agent, his virtues, and the
virtues of his action. In sum, we can say that:
TRUST
(
XYC
τ
gx
)
<
==
>
TRUST
-
that
(
Xp
)
(2.4)
where
means 'implies and is implied by'. There is a bidirectional relationship between
Trust-that
and
Trust-in
.
<
==
>
2.6.2 Trust Pre-disposition and Disposition: From
Potential
to
Actual
Trust
Frequently in Chapter 1 and in this chapter (and also later), for the sake of simplicity, we have
been identifying and collapsing the notion of trust 'attitude' and 'disposition'. However, one
might distinguish between the mere beliefs about
Y
(evaluations and expectations) and a true
'disposition',
which is something more than an evaluation
, but it is also something less than
the actual decision and act. It is something in between; and preliminary to the actual decision.
Trust disposition
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is the
potential
decision to
trust
, or better, the decision to possibly
(en)trust
Y
. Not only
X
evaluates
Y
,but
she also perceives this evaluation as sufficient for
(if/when needed) trusting
Y
and relying on him. 'If it would be the case/when there will be the
opportunity
...
I will trust
Y
', 'One/I might trust
Y
'.
X
is
disposed
to trust
Y
(if/when it will
be the case).
In
Trust disposition
in a strict sense the
expectations
are also conditional or
potential
(not
actual);
X
has not the actual goal that
Y
does a given action and realizes a given result.
X
only has the prediction that 'if she would have the goal that
p
,
Y
will/would realize it; she
might successfully rely on
Y
'.
X
is not actually concerned, actually waiting for something
(expecting); she is only
potentially
expecting this, because she only potentially has the goal.
Only this
potential
reliance actually makes the mere evaluation a possible expectation, a trust
attitude (Section 2.2.1).
This specific mental attitude (
Trust disposition
) is in fact very important also for both
selecting and ordering the preferences of the trustor; they contribute to a decision on which
context and environment she has to situate herself in the (near or far) future. If Mary can decide
to live in different environments where different goals of hers will be supported (she believes
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We will not consider the other notion of 'disposition' relevant for trust. The idea of a personality trait, or of
mood, which make us generally open, well disposed, trustful towards the others; and increase the probability that we
trust
Y
. This is the notion traditional in social psychology, and used - for example - in McKnight's model (McKnight
and Chervany, 2001).
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