ABSTRACT While some trust theorists have adverted to the vulnerabilities involved in trust, especially vulnerability to betrayal, the literature on trust has not engaged with recent work on the ethics of vulnerability. This paper initiates a dialogue between these literatures, and in doing so begins to explore the complex interrelations between vulnerability and trust. More specifically, it aims to show how trust can both mitigate and compound vulnerability. Through a discussion of two examples drawn from literary sources, the paper also investigates the effects of pathogenic vulnerability on the psychic economies of trust and distrust.

中文翻译：

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脆弱性、不安全感和信任与不信任的病态

摘要 虽然一些信任理论家已经注意到信任所涉及的脆弱性，尤其是背叛的脆弱性，但关于信任的文献并没有涉及最近关于脆弱性伦理的工作。本文启动了这些文献之间的对话，并以此开始探索脆弱性与信任之间复杂的相互关系。更具体地说，它旨在展示信任如何减轻和复合脆弱性。通过对文学来源的两个例子的讨论，本文还研究了病原脆弱性对信任和不信任心理经济的影响。