The morality of security: a theory of just securitization

This book has had a long gestation, during which Rita Floyd has written extensively on securitization in various contexts, some more specific than others. (Issues are ‘securitized’ when ‘rendered a top priority and addressed by extraordinary/exceptional means’, p. 2.) That led her to conclude that what was needed to pull these themes together was ‘a general theory of morality and security … taking inspiration from the just war tradition’ (p. xi). Security measures are commonplace today. They generally fall short of causing the kinds of harm to people associated with war, but can still be very nasty indeed, sometimes lethal, so require...