ABSTRACT
This book focuses on the influence and problem of ethics in security goes beyond moral choices in particular cases, and beyond questions of war and violence, to take in the very system and infrastructure of global security itself. The national security perspective views the security of one's own states citizens as paramount, and views global security relationships through the prism of how that state has determined its national interests which could well include the security of citizens and other states, environmental protection, and human rights, but often does not. The book argues that draws normative inspiration from aspects of the human and cooperative security approaches and seeks to harmonise national security practices with legitimate global ends. A cosmopolitan global security system recognises that contemporary insecurities take a myriad of forms that cross national boundaries, and cannot be addressed by states alone or by conventional geopolitical and military means.
