Norms of Trust

摘要: Norms are instructions how to act. Their form is the imperative or hypothetical imperative: ‘Do X’, ‘Don’t do ‘if Y, then X’. There moral norms, epistemic norms of practical rationality, and social norms. In following we come believe truths, be justified in our belief, act rationally, lead a virtuous life, morally permissible ways. life that acceptable given society, conforms this socially established way living. Social thereby differ from other their prescriptions relative rather than universal. At most trivial level these can no more matter etiquette: they adopting right register, wearing clothes, or, for instance, using outermost knife fork first. matters would accept when Rome one should as Romans do. But easy-going relativism towards not always so easy: strongly felt. And nor all trivial: shade into treating someone engage Similarly, politeness overlap with prescriptions. ‘Believe people’ might politeness, but it could also an norm if truth-telling were norm. Is ‘tell truth’ norm, norm? Should people? This chapter aims argue that, roughly speaking, have It offer explanation account bears on epistemological theories testimony source knowledge.