The limits of trust and respect: Rethinking dependency

Abstract

The article presents the author's views on the terms 'trust' and 'respect.' Both terms are featured regularly in the contemporary political discussions in context to the social capital. The scholars interested in associating social capital specify a role for the state in generating more trusting relationships. Basically the goal of the article is to highlight the limitations in political visions associated with trust and respect. according to the authors, these languages rest on a assumption that some social groups are subject to the other groups, and hence that social hierarchy is certain. What could be expected in this vision, is that the strong will recognize the responsibility to address respectfully the needs of the weak. Since an acknowledgement of the real interdependence draws attention to the ways in which the wealthy rely on and draw upon public resources, their rights can be put under scrutiny for preparing a more democratic social vision.