Trust: A Very Short Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 0199697345
- ISBN-13
- 9780199697342
- Series
- Trust
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 121
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-08-23
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Katherine Hawley
Description
Katherine Hawley explores the key ideas about trust in this Very Short Introduction. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines including philosophy, psychology, and evolutionary biology, she emphasizes the nature and importance of trusting and being trusted, from our intimate bonds with significant others to our relationship with the state.
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