Liberty, security and police : a philosophical approach from a contractualist perspective.

Abstract

This paper discusses the establishment of police agencies as representatives of the power and authority of the State from the standpoint of philosophy, especially in the context of the social contract, based on literature review. Even though man has given up his natural liberty in favour of assisted freedom, and the police are one of the bodies responsible for this assistance, there is no way to affirm that this work is meeting society's expectations, especially when we analyse the rates of violence that surround it. In this sense, society has been questioning the need for the existence of these institutions, often even asking for their extinction.