Bringing the individual back in: a normative argument for human security.
Despite the prevalence of human security discourses, there has been an insufficient argumentation on why the individual should be the referent of security. This insufficiency leads to a central question of human security not being addressed, “Why human security?” On the one hand, this oversight or i...
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| author | Layug, Allan S. |
| author2 | Acharya, Amitav |
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| description | Despite the prevalence of human security discourses, there has been an insufficient argumentation on why the individual should be the referent of security. This insufficiency leads to a central question of human security not being addressed, “Why human security?” On the one hand, this oversight or inattention has been grounded on the proclivity of proponents of individual-centered human security to just assume that the individual matters without arguing for it. On the other, there is the utter disregard of the primacy of the individual from those who cling to society-centered human security approach. This paper claims that both assumption and utter disregard of why we need to reference security on the individual is not unproblematic. Bringing the individual back in, as it were, has to do with a normative argument, not wishy-washy claims. The central argument is that the value of the individual founded on human freedom, well-being, and dignity grounds the reasons why, indeed, we should care about human security. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/142702020-11-01T08:12:38Z Bringing the individual back in: a normative argument for human security. Layug, Allan S. Acharya, Amitav S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences Despite the prevalence of human security discourses, there has been an insufficient argumentation on why the individual should be the referent of security. This insufficiency leads to a central question of human security not being addressed, “Why human security?” On the one hand, this oversight or inattention has been grounded on the proclivity of proponents of individual-centered human security to just assume that the individual matters without arguing for it. On the other, there is the utter disregard of the primacy of the individual from those who cling to society-centered human security approach. This paper claims that both assumption and utter disregard of why we need to reference security on the individual is not unproblematic. Bringing the individual back in, as it were, has to do with a normative argument, not wishy-washy claims. The central argument is that the value of the individual founded on human freedom, well-being, and dignity grounds the reasons why, indeed, we should care about human security. Master of Science (International Relations) 2008-11-13T09:16:19Z 2008-11-13T09:16:19Z 2006 2006 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14270 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences Layug, Allan S. Bringing the individual back in: a normative argument for human security. |
| title | Bringing the individual back in: a normative argument for human security. |
| title_full | Bringing the individual back in: a normative argument for human security. |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Bringing the individual back in: a normative argument for human security. |
| title_short | Bringing the individual back in: a normative argument for human security. |
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