To answer your question about rejecting the premise because I don't like the conclusion... I actually agree with the statement "trust is a common good." The pr

To answer your question about rejecting the premise because I don't like the conclusion... I actually agree with the statement "trust is a common good." The problem is, people often assume that esablishing a "common good" is something that requires self-sacrifice from individual people. That's not true in general, and certainly not true in this specific case. Why? Trust is _also_ an individual, personal good. Lying, cheating, and manipultaing people is not a viable way to live a sustainable, happy life. So, if it's going to be said that "Trust is a common good," I just wanted to add, "... and also a personal good." That's why I said the person's point was a "bad way to look at it." Really, it's just an incomplete way to look at it and possibly misleading, given people's typical assumptions. Anyway, thanks for the chat and it's nice to know that we have some common ground here.