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. [1]
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Background & Education
Herman Tavani received his Bachelor's and Master's of Arts in Philosophy from West Chester University. He went on to obtain his PhD from Temple University.[2] He worked as a software technical writer and writing supervisor until becoming a Professor of Philosophy. Tavani is currently a Professor of Philosophy, the Philosophy Department Coordinator, and the Director of the Liberal Studies Program at Rivier College. He, his wife, Joanne, and their daughter, Regina, currently live in Nashua, NH.
Philosophy
Affiliations
Publications
Tavani has has edited or written more than 100 publications over the course of his career. In an interview with Katherine Henderson, and editor of Computers and Society, Tavani notes that he "is a philosopher and not a computer scientists" [3] but one of his overarching passions is the ethics of information technology and computing. While this is not the only topic of his publications, many of them address a wide range of specifics on this topic.
In volumes Tavani has edited, 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[1] and is a guest editor for other journals such as Information, Metaphilosophy, and Computers and Society.[4]
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.
Tavani and the Uniqueness Debate
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
Recognition and Awards
- Catholic Library Association’s 2004 John Brubaker Memorial Award - Tavani was honored for his scholarly writing in Catholic Library World. [4]
- 2008 ACM SIGCAS Outstanding Service Award - Tavani was recognized for his contributions to the SIGCAS quarterly publication of Computers and Society. [3]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 5th International Conference on Information Law and Ethics, http://conferences.ionio.gr/icil2012/keynote, 2011.
- ↑ Rivier College - Meet the Faculty: Dr. Herman Tavani, http://www.rivier.edu/academics/departments/default.aspx?id=1552, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Interview with Herman Tavani", http://www.sigcas.org/awards-1/interview-with-herman-tavani, Dec.2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Professor Herman Tavani's Home Page, http://www.rivier.edu/faculty/htavani/, June 2011.
