Abstract
This thesis explores cryptography and applies a normative ethical theory to determine what if any uses of cryptography are ethically permissible. Cryptography is divided into confidentiality, integrity, and authentication before being considered under the deontological moral theory of Immanueal Kant and other modern philosophers such as Alan Donagan, John Rawls, and Robert Nozick. Brief discussions on the fields of ethics and cryptography are included to aid any reader not familiar with them.
Keywords
ethics, morals, cryptography, cryptology
