Jamal Awil

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Modern systems require confidence rather than personal trust. [definitional]

Trust remains vital in interpersonal relations, but participation in functional systems like the economy or politics is no longer a matter of personal relations. It requires confidence, but not trust.

DEFINE: Distinguishes trust (interpersonal) from confidence (systems-based participation), a key conceptual distinction from Luhmann. Builds on: "Modern societies shift people from fixed roles to multiple functional systems"

Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking…, loc. 1418