Konventionelle Bedrohungen, technologische Diffusion und die Entwicklung von militärischen Drohnen

Author(s): Ursula Jasper, Moritz Weiss
Editor(s): Gabriele Abels
Book Title: Vorsicht Sicherheit! Legitimationsprobleme der Ordnung von Freiheit
Pages: 219-237
Publisher(s): Nomos
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Place: Baden-Baden

Beware security! At first sight, this warning is a paradox. It emphasizes the price of security – and that is liberty. However, what we mean by liberty and security is contingent. Concepts of liberty and security have been expanded over time and even may be overstretched today. In a historical perspective, the state’s provision of security came first, whereas (liberal) liberty from state interference developed later on. For the modern, constitutional state based on the rule of law, liberty is the raison d’être. Autocratic regimes, in contrast, can still safeguard their legitimacy via security-oriented output. In view of changing and multiple perils to security as well as to liberty, the contributions focus on the ‘right’ balance between security and liberty in various contexts and on how this balance can be theoretically substantiated.

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