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Trust, Well-Being And The Community Of Philosophical Inquiry, Laura D'Olimpio
Trust, Well-Being And The Community Of Philosophical Inquiry, Laura D'Olimpio
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Trust is vital for individuals to flourish and have a sense of well-being in their community. A trusting society allows people to feel safe, communicate with each other and engage with those who are different to themselves without feeling fearful. In this article, I employ an Aristotelian framework in order to identify trust as a virtue and I defend the need to cultivate trust in children. I discuss the case study of Buranda State School in Queensland, Australia, as an instance of successful school reform that reinstates trust in an educational setting. Buranda makes use of the community of inquiry …