In speaking of government, John Dunn (1988, 90) supposes we should choose Bernard Barber's (1983) trust in capacity, rather than trust in good intentions, in large-scale politics. (Throughout this book, I assume that both elements must be met for trust, although, as noted at the outset, I have not constantly addressed the potential problems of lack of capacity.) This “trust in capacity” is a substantially different meaning from the usual sense of “trust” in interpersonal relations, where it includes concern with both competence and intentions.

Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, loc. 773