Book contents
- Fiduciaries and Trust
- Fiduciaries and Trust
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Personal Trust and Fiduciary Relationships
- 1 Fiduciary Grounds and Reasons
- 2 Trust and Advice
- 3 Contracts, Fiduciary Relationships and Trust
- 4 Trust, Autonomy and the Fiduciary Relationship
- 5 The Psychology of Trust and Fiduciary Obligations
- Part II Personal Trust and Fiduciary Duties
- Part III Political Trust and Fiduciary Government
- Part IV Trust and Fiduciary Law in Context
- Index
5 - The Psychology of Trust and Fiduciary Obligations
from Part I - Personal Trust and Fiduciary Relationships
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2020
- Fiduciaries and Trust
- Fiduciaries and Trust
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Personal Trust and Fiduciary Relationships
- 1 Fiduciary Grounds and Reasons
- 2 Trust and Advice
- 3 Contracts, Fiduciary Relationships and Trust
- 4 Trust, Autonomy and the Fiduciary Relationship
- 5 The Psychology of Trust and Fiduciary Obligations
- Part II Personal Trust and Fiduciary Duties
- Part III Political Trust and Fiduciary Government
- Part IV Trust and Fiduciary Law in Context
- Index
Summary
This chapter addresses the question of trust in fiduciary relationships, but more specifically the psychology of trust in fiduciary relationships. Unlike economics or sociology, disciplines that locate the notion of trust largely in terms of institutional or social facts, psychology asks about internal states. What are the cognitions and attributions that constitute trusting, on the one hand, or being regarded as worthy of trust, on the other?
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- Fiduciaries and TrustEthics, Politics, Economics and Law, pp. 87 - 102Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020