This TED Participant Speaks about a chemical (oxytocin) in our brain that incites trust in us when the chemical gets released. He suggests that trust and moral consciousness can be positively enacted when an activity as commonplace as a hug increases the levels of oxytocin in our brains. It is an interesting view on how trust may be encouraged but the being of trust and trustworthiness is left unexplored. Also, the speaker does not deal with, what I feel is an important element in trust or moral judgments: the understanding that the trustee and the truster share similar worldviews--same systems of valuation that would make one trust or be trusted. This may not be the case and how do we deal with such a situation. Interesting take nevertheless. People, hug, hug.
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