Frames of Deceit is a philosophical investigation of the nature of trust in
public and private life. It examines how trust originates, how it is challenged,
and how it is recovered when moral and political imperfections collide. In
politics, rulers may be called upon to act badly for the sake of a political
good, and in private life intimate attachments are formed in which the costs of
betrayal are high. This book asks how trust is tested by human goods, moral
character, and power relations. It explores whether an individual's experience
of betrayal differs totally from that of a community when it loses and then
seeks to