Herman Tavani

Herman T. Tavani, PhD has spent over a decade studying the philosophy and ethics of information technologies. Tavani is currently a Professor of Philosophy at Rivier College in New Hampshire. In addition, he is a guest lecturer, scholar, and research fellow at several other colleges including Harvard, Dartmouth, and Boston College. He has edited and written more than 100 publications in the fields of ethics and technology.

Publications

Tavani has has edited or written more than 100 publications over the course of his career. While the overarching category of his publications is Ethics and Information Technology, he specifically addresses a wide range of topics.

In Tavani's edited works, he often offers thoughts an analyses on ethical issues surrounding technologies. Tavani worked with Kenneth Himma as editors of The Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics and co-edited with Richard Spinello Intellectual Property Rights in a Networked World: Theory and Practice and two editions of Readings in Cyberethics. He is currently a Book Review Editor for the journal Ethics and Information Technology

In his own writing he speaks mainly on information privacy and policy, "cyberethics," and biological information and computing ethics. His articles have appeared in dozens of books, periodicals and journals and has written and co-written a few books. A few of his works are featured below.

Ethics and Technology: Controversies, Questions, and Strategies for Ethical Computing

see backcover at http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Technology-Controversies-Questions-Strategies/dp/product-description/0470509503/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books

Ethics and Technology: Ethical Issues in an Age of Information and Communication Technology

see http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1272484.Ethics_and_Technology

External Links

Professor Tavani's Home Page

Harvard Catalyst Profile