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Author:   Rita Floyd (University of Birmingham)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.353kg
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9781108452960

ISBN 10:   1108452965
Pages:   259
Publication Date:   30 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Just securitization: raison d'être and feasibility; Just securitization theory: basic ideas; Research questions and suggested criteria of just securitization and just desecuritization; Overview of all chapters; 1. Ethics and the study of security; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Security: a two-fold distinction; 1.3. The ethics of security as a state of being; 1.4. The ethics of security as a set of social and political practices; 1.5. Conclusion; 2. Framework: the meaning of securitization and the method of JST; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The meaning of securitization in Just Securitization Theory; 2.3. Method; 2.4 Conclusion; 3. Just initiation of securitization: just reason; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. The just reason; 3.3. Threat categories; 3.4. Agent-intended threats; 3.5. Agent-lacking threats; 3.6. Agent-caused threats; 3.7. Future objective existential threats; 3.8. Conclusion; 4. Just initiation of securitization: just referent object; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The just referent object; 4.3. Human needs as a measure of human well-being; 4.4. Needs satisfaction, scale and moral justification; 4.5. Political and social orders; 4.6. Ecosystems and non-human species; 4.7. Human beings; 4.8. Conclusion; 5. Just initiation of securitization: right intention, macro-proportionality and reasonable chance of success; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Sincerity of intention; 5.3. Macro-proportionality; 5.4. Reasonable chance of success; 5.5. Omissions: Legitimate authority and last resort; 5.6. Conclusion; 6. Just conduct in securitization; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Targeted security measures; 6.3. Least harmful option; 6.4. Just conduct of executors of securitization; 6.5. Moral exemptions to just conduct in securitization; 6.6. Moral culpability and individual agents in unjust securitization; 6.7. Conclusion; 7. Just termination of securitization; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. What is the meaning of desecuritization in Just Securitization Theory?; 7.3. Does just desecuritization need to follow from just securitization?; 7.4. Who can desecuritize?; 7.5. Who is required to desecuritize?; 7.6. Timing; 7.7. Action; 7.8. Long-term aim; 7.9. Conclusion.

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'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

'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

'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

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Rita Floyd is Lecturer in Conflict and Security at the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham. Her books include Security and the Environment: Securitisation Theory and US Environmental Security Policy (Cambridge, 2010) and her articles have appeared in journals including the Review of International Studies, Security Dialogue, and the Journal of International Relations and Development, amongst others.

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