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The subject "Ethics", in the exchange of information, has not yet been exhaustively and conveniently dealt with, even though a lot has been said about the Ethical behaviour of those who propagate information.

The few existing rules appear to be totally inadequate to the enormous quantity of information dealt with by systems like Internet. In particular, Ethics based on the veracity of a single information cannot be reliable if it is regarded as applicable only to the closed context of the single messages.

The limits of the human mind will not be able, in the future, to master the great body of information but by means of correlations and intuitive syntheses. Such faculties fall within the sphere of individuality and, therefore, of conscience.

The Ethics of information, therefore, will have to take into consideration that the relation of importance of the roles between those who propagate information and those who must interpret them, is destined to change in favour of the latter.

Therefore, the dogmatic message will necessarily have to give way to the propositional message.