Trusting Others, Trusting God: Concepts of Belief, Faith and Rationality / Edition 1

by Sheela Pawar

Overview

Trusting Others, Trusting God is an investigation of the concepts of moral and religious trust. The question of why or how it is rational to trust anyone has been the typical focus of philosophers, with an underlying assumption that trust must be justified. In most cases, trust (even - or perhaps especially religious trust) is portrayed as irrational. Sheela Pawar argues that a grammatical investigation of the concept of trust can help rectify this mistreatment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780754640523
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/28/2009
Series:	Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	182
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Sheela Pawar is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Dominguez Hills, California, USA

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Trust, rationality and utility; Religious trust and utility; Trusting others; suspicion; Trust and primitive reactions; Faith; Secular trust; Bibliography; Index.