Ethics for the Information Age

Ethics for the Information Age is a introductory textbook in computer ethics that has been adopted by faculty members at hundreds of colleges and universities around the world. The book, now in its eighth edition, explores both historical and contemporary issues and controversies, from the Therac-25 to Tesla's Autopilot. It begins with a history of computing, networking, and information storage and retrieval, moves on to introduce important ethical theories, and then applies these theories to a wide variety of situations in the areas of social media, intellectual property, privacy, security, and reliability. The text ends with a look into the future and emerging issues related to artificial intelligence, automation, and unemployment.

If you are using my book in a course, this page on my Web site contains material available on the Web that you can use to stimulate or enhance classroom discussions.

How to purchase the book
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 Contemporary Cases and Opinion Pieces

I plan to write occasionally about stories in the news that raise important issues related to computer ethics. You can find these posts on this page of my Web site.
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Presentations and Interviews

From time to time I give public presentations and interviews related to computer ethics. You can find descriptions of them on this page of my Web site.
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