Science, technology, and ethics are all forms of information that depend on information to work. Furthermore there exist sciences, technologies, and ethics of information. To disentangle some of the main relations among these aspects of information, it is helpful to start with a simple example.

Monday morning. John turns the ignition key of his car, but nothing happens: The engine does not even cough. Not surprisingly the low-battery indicator is flashing. After a few more unsuccessful attempts, John calls the garage and explains that, last night, his wife had forgotten to turn off the car's lights—this is a lie, John did but is too ashamed to admit it—and now the battery is dead. John is told that the car's operation manual explains how to use jumper cables to start the engine. Luckily his neighbor has everything John needs. He follows the instructions, starts the car, and...