Dr. John Guelke Dr. Katerina Hadjimatheou Professor Tom Sorell
Governments often act in the name of security to protect their citizenries. For example by legislation or by the recruitment and employment of large numbers of armed personnel to detect and prosecute violent crime, or via engagements in military interventions to repel or pre-empt foreign attacks. These practices are often taken to have strong moral justifications. The value of security is linked to the value of life and the disvalue of violence and injury, and all of these are central both to theoretical accounts of and common sense views about the difference between right and wrong. The...
Governments often act in the name of security to protect their citizenries. For example by legislation or by the recruitment and employment of large n...
