| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 170 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"Based on the inaugural series of A.C. Reid Lectures in philosophy at Wake Forest University"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-168) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Paradox of trust. Truth, virtue and happiness. Problem of trust. Enlightenment Trail. Promises, promises: nature's paradoxical task -- 2. Perils of prudence. Plan of the book. Fear. Sympathy -- 3. Centipede's sting. Three views about moral psychology. Centipedes and backward induction. Conclusion: prudence in peril -- 4. A remedy in the judgement and understanding? Perils of strategic choice. Impartiality and fairness -- 5. Fairness and morality. Playing fair with Kant. Contractarians. Morality in trust -- 6. All in the game. Prelude: Enlightenment football. Games of social life. Reason and obligation -- 7. Bond of society. Problems of coordination. Trust in miniature: teamwork. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Trust -- Social aspects.
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Trust -- Social aspects. |
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Confidence -- Social aspects.
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Confidence -- Social aspects. |
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Confidence. |
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Reason.
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Reason. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hollis, Martin. Trust within reason. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998 0521583462 (DLC) 97027157 (OCoLC)37261039 |
| ISBN |
0511002084 (electronic book) |
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9780511002083 (electronic book) |
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0521583462 (hardback) |
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052158681X (paperback) |
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