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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.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Richard N. Stichler and Robert Hauptman
I. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE
Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion
John Stuart Mill
New Threats to Free Thought
Jonathan Rauch
Academic and Artistic Freedom
Nadine Strossen
Untruth or Consequences?
John C. Swan
II. INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION
Information, Technology, and the Virtues of Ignorance
Daniel C. Dennett
Do Expert Systems Have a Moral Cost?
Mark Alfino
Umberto Eco on Libraries: A Discussion of "De Bibliotheca"
Michael F. Winter
Education and Technology: Virtual Students, Digital Classroom
Neil Postman
Unabomber's Secret Treatise: Is There Method in His Madness?
Kirkpatrick Sale
III. INFORMATION, RIGHTS, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Utilitarianism, Information and Rights
Partha Dasgupta
Communications Privacy: Implications for Network Design
Marc Rotenberg
Ethics in the Information Market
Richard N. Stichler
Librarianship and Public Culture in the Age of Information Capitalism
Henry T. Blanke
IV. ETHICS AND THE INTERNET
The Freedom of Information Act: Public Access in the Computer Age
Senator Patrick Leahy
Access Denied: Information Policy and the Limits of Liberalism
Grant H. Kester
Justice and Social Equity in Cyberspace
Ronald Doctor
Misconduct on the Information Highway: Abuse and Misuse of the Internet
Susan Hallam
Computers, Pornography, and Conflicting Rights
Virgina Rezmierski
V. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
The Origin of Professionalism: Sociological Conclusions and Ethical Implications
Lisa Newton
The Ideological Use of Professional Codes
John Kultgen
Professionalism or Culpability? An Experiment in Ethics
Robert Hauptman
Appendix: Codes of Professional Ethics American Association of University Professors:
Statement on Professional Ethics
(from AAUP Policy Documents and Reports [1995] 105-106)
Statement on Freedom and Responsibility
(from AAUP Policy Documents and Reports [ 1995] 107-108)
Statement on Plagiarism
(from AAUP Policy Documents and Reports [1995] 109-110)
American Library Association: ALA Code of Ethics
Library Bill of Rights
(from Intellectual Freedom Manual, 3rd ed., p. 3)
Notes on Contributors
Index
