Abstract

The paper is focused on the issue of freedom and its negative profiling in thought of F. A. Hayek. Article analyses the meaning and role of negative freedom for the individual, highlights the fundamental pillars of personal freedom in human society and, thus, reveals its contribution to the functioning of state arrangement, which Hayek accentuates. Whereas the protection of individual freedom in society should serve as a measure against any arbitrary coercion, for example by the state, the aim is to clarify and work out Hayek’s attitude to coercion of man in society. In this context, it points out any discrepancies arising from the conditionality of freedom and coercion or restriction.