Trust and Trustworthiness as Judicial Virtues

• Authors: Tomasz Widłak

Abstracts

EN

This article considers the meaning of trust for judicial communication. The central tenet of this analysis is that trust is best conceptualized as a judicial virtue and that it can be most fully explained with aretaic language. This claim is elaborated through, first, making distinctions between trust and reliance, as well as between trust and trustworthiness. Second, exploring the determinants of trustworthiness leads the author to argue for a virtue account of judicial trustworthiness. Third, the article discusses whether and how trust as a particular attitude or propensity may be perceived as a judicial virtue. The argument concludes by considering the relation between trust in judges and trust in justice institutions, such as courts of law.

Keywords

EN

trust; trustworthiness; virtue; judicial virtue; judge

• Publisher: Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
• Journal: Krytyka Prawa. Niezależne studia nad prawem
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 151-166

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Tomasz Widłak

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7206/kp.2080-1084.562

Biblioteka Nauki

2185919