The Morality of Security

'As security increasingly pervades contemporary societies, so the ethics of securitization have become pressing questions. Rita Floyd's finely crafted study provides a wide-ranging appraisal of the issues at stake and a challenging framework for addressing them. Taking on some of the most important issues in contemporary political life, The Morality of Security is sure to inform and provoke debate for years to come.' Michael C. Williams, University of Ottawa 'There are many threats to human security that may require responses that go beyond ordinary political and police procedures but stop short of war. Such responses, recently grouped under the heading 'securitization', can involve coercion, surveillance, preventive detention, or even lethal violence - all of which require moral justification. In this important book, Rita Floyd develops a unified account of 'just securitization' that in general parallels but in many details contrasts with theories of the just war. In doing so, she provides illuminating discussions of numerous political issues of great significance and opens up various new areas of normative inquiry and debate.' Jeff McMahan, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Oxford 'Floyd should be praised for establishing the books rich research framework … this book offers an important contribution to the existing scholarship' Amir Lupovici, H-Diplo