CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Macenaite, Milda |
|---|---|
| Title | (Dis)regarding privacy in the balance between liberty and security |
| Summary | The intrusiveness of post-9/11 security measures and related privacy concerns caused wide debates regarding the balance between liberty and security in academia and world of politics. This paper examines the balance between liberty and security and suggests that the discussion about this balance often underestimates the importance of privacy. This paper provides reconsideration of the balance based on careful examination of privacy’s roots in classical liberal thought, invoking Locke’s theory of property. The thesis suggests that the real opposition in the balance is between private (individual) security and public (state) security rather than between individual privacy and public security, and discusses its implications. |
| Supervisor | Merlingen, Michael |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/macenaite_milda.pdf |
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