Published by Pearson (October 13, 2025) © 2026
For courses in computer ethics.
Ethics for the Information Age takes a thoughtful approach to evaluating the use, abuse and misuse of technology, considering both the short-term benefits and possible long-term effects. With this text, students will gain a solid grounding in ethics and logic, an understanding of the history of technology and a familiarity with current and cutting-edge information technology.
The 9th Edition includes new material aligned with the beta ACM/IEEE-CS/AAAI Computer Science Curricula 2023 as well as new developments including generative AI; the impact of COVID-19; social media’s role in protests; and more.
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