1st Edition
Trusting Others, Trusting God Concepts of Belief, Faith and Rationality
By Sheela Pawar
Copyright 2009
184 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Contents: Preface; Trust, rationality and utility; Religious trust and utility; Trusting others; suspicion; Trust and primitive reactions; Faith; Secular trust; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Sheela Pawar is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Dominguez Hills, California, USA
