PROFESSOR HERMAN TAVANI'S HOME PAGE

RECENT PUBLICATIONS | RECENT PRESENTATIONS

Biographical Sketch

HERMAN T. TAVANI, PHD, is Professor of Philosophy at Rivier College and President of the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology (INSEIT). He also holds appointments as a visiting lecturer at Boston College and as a visiting scholar at the Harvard School of Public Health. Professor Tavani has authored or edited more than 100 publications, including five books on social and ethical aspects of information technology, and is currently working on the third edition of his textbook Ethics and Technology (Wiley). He has presented scholarly papers at institutions in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, and Japan, as well as at colleges and universities throughout the United States.

An active member of several professional associations, Professor Tavani recently served as President of the Northern New England Philosophical Association (NNEPA), Co-Executive Director of INSEIT, and Secretary/Treasurer of the Association for Computing’s Special Interest Group on Computers and Society (ACM SIGCAS). He has chaired or co-chaired numerous conferences in applied ethics and is currently Co-Chair of the Eighth International Conference on Computer Ethics – Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE 2009), which will be held at the Ionian University, Corfu, Greece in June 2009. He has also served on the editorial boards of several journals and is currently Book Review Editor for Ethics and Information Technology.

Professor Tavani recently received the 2008 ACM SIGCAS Outstanding Service Award, in recognition of his leadership role in SIGCAS and his contributions to the ACM quarterly publication Computers and Society. In 2004, he received the Catholic Library Association’s John Brubaker Memorial Award for his scholarly writing in the journal Catholic Library World. He has been honored in Who's Who Among America's Teachers on multiple occasions, including 2004 and 2005, for “making a difference as a college teacher.”

Before becoming a full-time professor, Tavani worked in the computer industry as a software technical writer and writing supervisor. He resides in Nashua, NH with his wife, Joanne, and their daughter, Regina.

Current Appointments and Offices

RIVIER COLLEGE (Nashua, NH)

Professor of Philosophy

Coordinator, Philosophy Department

Director, Liberal Studies Program

BOSTON COLLEGE (Chestnut Hill, MA)

Lecturer–Ethics Program, Carroll School of Management

HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (Boston, MA)

Visiting Scholar–Environmental Health Ethics, Department of Environmental Health

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ETHICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (INSEIT)

President

RECENT PUBLICATIONS | RECENT PRESENTATIONS
Top of Page

RECENT PUBLICATIONS (Since 2004)

Selected Books

Cover image for product 0471799599

The Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics

(with Kenneth Himma)

John Wiley & Sons; 702 pages

ISBN: 978-0-471-79959-9

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

Second Edition

John Wiley & Sons Publishers; 434 pages.

ISBN: 0-471-99803-6

Ethics, Computing, and Genomics

Jones and Bartlett Publishers; 374 pages

ISBN: 0-7637-3620-1

Cover Image

Intellectual Property Rights in a Networked World: Theory and Practice

(with Richard Spinello)

IGI Global (an imprint of Idea Group, Inc.); 281 pages.

ISBN: 159140577-7

Cover Image

Readings in CyberEthics

(with Richard Spinello)

Second Edition

Jones and Bartlett Publishers; 697 pages.

ISBN: 0-7637-2410-6

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

First Edition

John Wiley & Sons Publishers; 368 pages.

ISBN: 0-471-24966-1

Guest-Edited Volumes: Special Issues/Special Sections of Journals (since 2004)

Guest Editor

CEPE 2007: Selected Papers from the Seventh International Conference on

Computer Ethics – Philosophical Enquiry.

Special Issue of Computers and Society (Vol. 37, No.2)

New York: ACM Press.

ISSN: 0095-2737

Coordinating Editor

Symposium on Bernard Gert’s Moral Philosophy.

Special Section of Metaphilosophy (Vol. 38, No. 4).

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.

ISSN: 0026 1068

10676

Co-Guest Editor (with Ann Backus and Richard Spinello)

Genomics, Ethics, and ICT.

Special Issue of Ethics and Information Technology (Vol. 6, No. 1).

Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishing.

ISSN: 1388-1957

Selected Journal Articles and Book Chapters (since 2004)

Forthcoming/2008

“The Foundationalist Debate in Computer Ethics.” In Luciano Floridi, editor. A Handbook of Computer Ethics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, in press.

“Floridi’s Ontological Theory of Informational Privacy: Some Implications and Challenges,” Ethics and Information Technology, Vol. 10, in press.

2007

“Philosophical Theories of Privacy: Implications for an Adequate Online Privacy Policy,” Metaphilosophy, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 1-22.

“The Conceptual and Moral Landscape of Computer Security.” In Kenneth Himma, editor. Internet Security: Hacking, Counterhacking, and Society. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, pp. 29-45.

(with Frances Grodzinsky) “The Internet and Community Building at the Local and Global Levels: Some Implications and Challenges.” In Rafael Capurro, Johannes Frühbauer, and Thomas Hausmanninger, eds. Localizing the Internet: Ethical Issues in Intercultural Perspective. Munich: Fink Verlag, pp. 135-148.

2006

“Cyberethics as an Interdisciplinary Field of Applied Ethics: Key Concepts, Perspectives, and Methodological Frameworks,” Journal of Information Ethics, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 18-36.

“A Model for Incorporating Ethics Instruction into the OEIS Curriculum,” Information Technology, Learning, and Performance Journal, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 52-62.

2005

“The Impact of the Internet on Our Moral Condition: Do We Need a New Framework of Ethics?” In Robert Cavalier, editor. The Impact of the Internet on Our Moral Lives. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, pp. 215-238.

“Locke, Intellectual Property, and the Information Commons,” Ethics and Information Technology, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 87-97.

(with Frances Grodzinsky) “Threat to Democratic Ideals in Cyberspace: Lessons Learned from the Verizon v. RIAA Case,” IEEE Technology and Society, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 40-44.

2004

“Balancing Intellectual Property Rights and the Intellectual Commons: A Lockean Analysis,” Journal of Information, Communication, and Ethics in Society, Vol. 2, Supplement, pp. S5-S14. [Reprinted in John Weckert, editor Computer Ethics. London: Ashgate, 2007, pp. 85-94.]

“Genomic Research and Data-Mining Technology: Implications for Personal Privacy and Informed Consent,” Ethics and Information Technology, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 15-28.

Top of Page

RECENT PRESENTATIONS (Since 2004)

Selected Conference Papers (peer-reviewed) and Invited Addresses

2007

Yale Law School (New Haven, CT) – Presented (with Frances Grodzinsky) an invited paper entitled “The Verizon v. RIAA Case Revisited: Some Further Reflections on the Tension Between Privacy and Property Interests” at the Information Society Project (ISP) Speaker Series, Dec. 19.

University of San Diego (CA) – Presented a peer-reviewed paper entitled “Floridi’s Ontological Theory of Informational Privacy: Some Implications and Challenges” at the Seventh International Conference on Computer Ethics – Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE 2007), July 11.

Harvard School of Public Health (Boston, MA) – Presented an invited paper entitled “What Does the Community Need to Know About the Role of Genetics in Research and Disease? Challenges for Privacy and Informed-Consent Policies,” at a conference for visiting scholars, Feb. 16.

2006

Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA) – Presented an invited paper entitled “Incorporating Elements of Bernard Gert’s System of ‘Common Morality’ into Business Ethics Instruction” at the (Spring 2006) Workshop on Teaching Business Ethics, May 24.

2005

University of Twente (Enschede, The Netherlands) – Presented (with Frances Grodzinsky) a peer-reviewed paper entitled “P2P Networks and the Verizon v. RIAA Case: Implications for Personal Privacy and Intellectual Property” at the Sixth International Conference on Computer Ethics–Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE 2005), July 19.

2004

Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH) – Presented a peer-reviewed paper entitled “Applying Locke’s Theory of Property to the Contemporary Debate on Intellectual Property Rights Involving Digital Information” at the 2004 Conference of the Northern New England Philosophical Association, Nov. 12.

Center for Art and Media – Karlsruhe (Germany) – Presented (with Frances Grodzinsky) an invited paper entitled “The Internet and Community Building at the Global and Local Levels: Some Implications and Challenges” at the 2004 Symposium of the International Center for Information Ethics (ICIE), October 5.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA) – Presented (with Frances Grodzinsky) a peer-reviewed paper entitled “Verizon v. RIAA: Implications for Privacy and Democracy in Cyberspace” at the 2004 International Symposium on Technology and Science (ISTAS 2004), June 18.

U.S. Embassy – Prague (The Czech Republic) – Presented a plenary address, entitled “Law and Ethics on the Internet,” which was broadcast live via digital video conferencing (DVC), January 28.

Top of Page | Philosophy Department