ABSTRACT
Digital ethics applies to the whole of higher education and what it means to be a university in the postdigital age. Invariably ethics is seen as an activity relating largely to the efficacy of research studies in the context of university ethics committees and internal review boards. Yet ethics, particularly postdigital ethics, transcends everything in higher education, from learning and access, to chatbots and manufacturing. This chapter begins by examining the landscape of postdigital ethics in the context of actor network theory, which is used initially as a guiding principle in understanding postdigital ethics. It then suggests practical ethical concerns and explores possible (un)ethical technologies. The final section of the chapter suggests that virtue ethics and modest ethics offer hope for a changing university, arguing that virtuous pedagogy and valuing community are important components of a changing university.
