A Philosophical Investigation on Human Security Using the Problem of Evil

This paper will look on human security using the (via negativa) negative way. It will try to expose human security from what it is not. At this point this paper will be dealing with the idea of evil in human relations according to St. Thomas Aquinas of the Christians and that of Siddhartha Gautama of the Buddhists, as the negative way and the necessary condition. The contention here is that a) evil is a threat to human security. b) It follows that knowing evil means knowing the threat to human security. c) So, solving the cause of evil in human relations means establishing human security.

Keywords – Evil, Human Security, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Siddhartha Gautama Buddha