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-[[Thin rules]] create not just arbitrary obligations, loosely targeted at a principle, but arbitrary ''rights'' which people seek to ''enforce''. The arbitrary boundaries become a value, irrespective of the substance of the circumstances.
+In her illuminating book {{br|Rules: A Short History of What We Live By}} {{author|Lorraine Daston}} distinguishes between “[[thick rules]]” and “[[thin rules]]” as means of understanding the regularities of daily life.
+Thick rules are principles; [[heuristics]]; general statements that require interpretation and construal: judgment in light of prevailing circumstances. “Only cross a road when it is safe to do so, and would not unnecessarily impede traffic”. Rules of this kind depend on the intelligence, experience and trustworthiness of those applying them: users must have their own model of when, and what counts as “safe”.
+Commerce is, in its raw state, a system of thick rules dependent on trust and good faith. “Credit” means, literally, “she believes”. Thick rules of this kind assign end-users with responsibility to determine how they act, and executive authority to act. They are correspondingly open to abuse by the unscrupulous: they imply a degree of interpersonal vulnerability. Trustworthiness — [[good egg]]ness — is an critical value in thick-ruled communities: without it, the thick rules will deteriorate. There is no mandated conduct in a given circumstance: the user retains discretion in how to act subject to evaluative boundaries which are somewhat open to conjecture: some how soft edged, with leaky boundaries. Thick rules are more flexible, tend to work better in uncertain circumstances
+create not just arbitrary obligations, loosely targeted at a principle, but arbitrary ''rights'' which people seek to ''enforce''. The arbitrary boundaries become a value, irrespective of the substance of the circumstances.
 A [[thick rule]] is “only cross the road if it will not impede traffic and would be be safe to do so”. The thin rule would be, “do not cross unless there is a green man”.