Assertion: trust | /r/CapableOf | involve being optimistic
Facets:
value: about a person’s moral character
type: OTHER
value: paradigmatically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Paradigmatically, trust involves being optimistic, rather than pessimistic, that the trustee will do something for us (or for others perhaps), which is in part what makes us vulnerable by trusting.
text: In particular, if trust involves optimism about a person’s moral character, it can engender self-respect in that person.
text: However, consciously having this reason for trust is incompatible with actually trusting (Wanderer and Townsend 2013, 9), that is, if trust involves being optimistic that people will act out of motive other than self-interest.