The Underlying Unity of Hope and Trust

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Underlying Unity of Hope and Trust

AU - Ratcliffe, Matthew James

N1 - © The Author(s), 2023

PY - 2023/5/30

Y1 - 2023/5/30

N2 - This paper addresses the relationships between hope and trust. I suggest that different kinds of hope and trust relate to one another in different ways, which I conceive of in dynamic terms. I propose that the movement of hope and trust has a unifying context: the changing structure of a human life and its dependence on other people. I further argue that the most fundamental forms of hope and trust are inextricable. Together, they comprise a diffuse way of anticipating things in general, which could equally be described in terms of “faith”. This sustains a life structure upon which more specific forms of hope and trust depend.

AB - This paper addresses the relationships between hope and trust. I suggest that different kinds of hope and trust relate to one another in different ways, which I conceive of in dynamic terms. I propose that the movement of hope and trust has a unifying context: the changing structure of a human life and its dependence on other people. I further argue that the most fundamental forms of hope and trust are inextricable. Together, they comprise a diffuse way of anticipating things in general, which could equally be described in terms of “faith”. This sustains a life structure upon which more specific forms of hope and trust depend.

U2 - 10.1093/monist/onac018

DO - 10.1093/monist/onac018

M3 - Article

SN - 0026-9662

VL - 106

SP - 1

EP - 11

JO - The Monist

JF - The Monist

IS - 1

ER -