The nature of freedom has been discussed extensively by Paul Ricoeur in his book Freedom and Nature. This article critically engages with this notion of freedom in the context of survivors of sex trafficking and their lack of experience of freedom. We indicate to what extent Ricoeur’s notion of freedom, as the reciprocal relationship between the voluntary and the involuntary, offers a relational and dynamic understanding of freedom which is highly relevant in the context of survivors of sex trafficking. A mere bodily freedom, an escape from captivity, as often found in reductionist definitions of freedom, does not warrant freedom as volition for survivors of sex trafficking. The development of the full possibilities of freedom remains lacking in this context. This compels one to reconsider freedom as “voluntary-involuntary” freedom and to develop a much more complex, holistic and relational notion of freedom. Aspects like imagination, the affective, fear, desires and human dignity, should all be incorporated in the concept of freedom, which remains bodily, but does not exclude volition in the abstract or even idealistic sense. Such a comprehensive understanding of freedom is paramount for survivors of sex trafficking, but also for further philosophical considerations of freedom.

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重新考虑自由：性贩运的幸存者与保罗·里科尔的关系自由观

保罗·里科尔（Paul Ricoeur）在他的书《自由与自然》中对自由的本质进行了广泛的讨论。在性贩运幸存者及其缺乏自由经验的背景下，本文严格地涉及了这种自由概念。我们指出，作为自愿者与非自愿者之间的对等关系，理科的自由概念在多大程度上提供了对自由的关系和动态理解，这在性贩运幸存者的背景下极为重要。在还原主义的自由定义中经常发现，仅仅身体上的自由，摆脱囚禁的自由并不能保证自由是性交易幸存者的自愿。在这种情况下，仍然缺乏发展自由的全部可能性。这迫使人们将自由重新视为“自愿-非自愿”自由，并发展出更加复杂，整体和关系自由的概念。想象力，情感，恐惧，欲望和人的尊严等方面都应纳入自由概念，该概念从身体上仍然存在，但不排除抽象甚至理想主义意义上的意志。对自由的这种全面理解对于性贩运的幸存者至关重要，对于自由的进一步哲学考虑也是如此。