What is security?

Chris Butler and Robin Bowles report on an event organised by Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Meeting, where local Friends examined the concept of security

by Chris Butler and Robin Bowles 15th April 2016

Security is a word that is much misused. It is used to justify a whole range of horrors. For example, it is used to justify the spending of £163 billion to replace, and maintain over its lifetime, the Trident nuclear weapon system: if we don’t invest in these weapons of mass destruction we will not feel secure.