DISCUSSIONS OF ETHICS AND LIBRARIES FREQUENTLY focus on rights, espe- cially the right of privacy and its role in supporting resistance to censor- ship. This article, using issues of censorship as particular examples, ques- tions whether a focus on rights leads to a narrow idea of the library profes- sion and its clients. It suggests that stressing the role of library profession- als as teachers, as experts who instruct others on how to better achieve the projects that they have in mind, will lead to a richer and more realistic ethical conversation.