The Relation Between Freedom and Security in the Entological Theory of Human Safety and Security

  • Uroš Mihajlović
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13125/CH/6885

Abstract

This paper examines the ontological foundations of human security through the lens of the philosophical relation between freedom and security. The analysis is theoretically and methodologically grounded in an ontological-phenomenological approach, which allows security to be understood not as an external condition but as an internal, constitutive principle of human existence. Such an approach enables a deeper comprehension of the way in which freedom and security mutually found and condition one another. The structure of the paper includes an examination of the concept of the state of nature and its implications for the relation between freedom and security; a critical reconsideration of the traditional division of freedom; and an articulation of security as an ontological foundation of human existence. In its concluding section, the paper offers a synthetic, holistic perspective on the relation between freedom and security. The central conclusion is that security is not a limitation of freedom but the condition of its actual realization.

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Published
2026-01-02
How to Cite
Mihajlović, U. (2026). The Relation Between Freedom and Security in the Entological Theory of Human Safety and Security. Critical Hermeneutics, 9(2), 431-458. https://doi.org/10.13125/CH/6885
Issue
Vol 9 No 2 (2025): Following Paul Ricoeur and Hans-Georg Gadamer’s Footsteps
Section
Varia
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