Leaders in the emerging field of information ethics discuss five topics: 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 essays have been drawn from many periodicals, including Library Journal, Daedalus, The Nation, Journal of Information Ethics and Wired.

“recommended”—Library Journal; “a major contribution to the growing body of literature that seeks to define and expand information age paradigms...find space for this one”—Public Libraries; “introduc[es] the reader to a varied set of complex issues, and to some of the more thoughtful writers who have addressed those issues”—LISCA; “the collection affords the pleasure of discovering something to make one stop and think about information and how it affects values and ethics”—Booklist; “brings together essays that deal with key issues in information ethics from a variety of standpoints...worthwhile and perhaps salutary reading”—The Library Association Record; “useful”—Choice; “a collection of serious, well-documented essays which demand the reader’s full attention”—The Australian Library Journal; “these readings both teach and delight—Journal of the American Society for Information Science; “filled with useful information and challenging argumentation...should be of interest to anyone concerned with the ethical implications of recent developments in computer technology”—The Library Quarterly.

Richard N. Stichler is professor emeritus of Alvernia University in Reading, Pennsylvania. Robert Hauptman is professor emeritus of St. Cloud State University and editor of the Journal of Information Ethics.