About this Book

In this collection of essays, leaders and icons in the emerging field of information ethics (Marc Rotenberg, Senator Patrick Leahy, Nadine Strossen, John Stuart Mill, Kirkpatrick Sale, Susan Hallman, and 15 others) discuss the challenges associated with advances in technology. The essays are divided into five subject areas: freedom of information and the pursuit of knowledge; information, technology and education; information, rights and social justice; ethics and the Internet; and professional ethics. The writers come from many backgrounds (e.g., librarians, lawyers and lawmakers, and academics) and provide a variety of views on the value of information and its ethical dimension in an increasingly technological age. The essays have been drawn from many periodicals, including Library Journal, Daedalus, The Nation, Journal of Information Ethics and Wired.