信任是一种与未知领域的行动相联系的信念,而公共信任是公共生活特有的一种信任。公共信任有两大特性:其一,公共信任是一种普遍信任,即对一般他人的信任,还包含了制度信任的内容;其二,公共信任是信任者与被信任者的利益博弈,具有策略价值,同时也是建立在利他主义基础上的道德品性。这两大特性是深刻认识并解决当前社会“信任危机”的关键。 Trust is a belief linked to actions in unknown areas, and public trust is a unique trust in public life. Public trust has two major characteristics: First, public trust is a universal trust, that is, the trust of the average person, and also contains the content of institutional trust. Second, public trust is the game of interests between the trust and the trusted, Strategic value, but also based on altruism moral character. These two characteristics are the key to profoundly understanding and resolving the current social crisis of confidence.