Kenneth Einar Himma Explained
Kenneth Einar Himma |
Birth Place: | US |
Education: | Doctor of law (University of Washington School of Law), Doctor of philosophy (University of Washington) |
Occupation: | Philosopher, author, academic, lawyer, lecturer |
Kenneth Einar Himma is an American philosopher, author, lawyer, academic and lecturer.
Born in Seattle, Himma earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois in 1985, his master's from the University of California in 1987, and his doctorate of law from the University of Washington School of Law in 1990, before receiving his PhD in 2001 from the University of Washington for his thesis, "The Status of Legal Principles".[1]
Himma specialises in philosophy of law, philosophy of information, information ethics, social philosophy, political philosophy and philosophy of religion, and has authored dozens of academic papers in these fields.[2] From 2004 until 2011 he worked as a professor in the philosophy department of Seattle Pacific University, after which he began lecturing part-time at the University of Washington School of Law.[1] [3]
In 2007, Himma was elected to the editorial board of the Journal of Information Ethics[4] and the board of directors for the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology.[5] He currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of the Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society[6] [7] and the International Review of Information Ethics[8] and the Editorial Boards of Computers and Society[9] and the International Journal of Cyber Ethics in Education[10]
In 2010, he was nominated for the World Technology Network's World Technology Award for Ethics,[11] and in 2012, he was awarded a Fulbright Candidate Grant for Keynote at IVR Conference at Faculty of Law at University of Belgrade.[12]
Himma has had numerous opinion pieces published in The Seattle Times.[13] [14] [15] He has also contributed several entries to the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, with commentary on the subjects of legal[16] [17] [18] and religious[19] [20] philosophy. Some of his scholarly papers have attracted responses and commentaries from Francis J. Beckwith,[21] Thomas Metzinger,[22] Greg Dawes,[23] Alison Adam,[24] David Gunkel,[25] Mark Coeckelbergh,[26] Matthew Kramer[27] [28] and Scott J. Shapiro.[29]
Partial bibliography
Books
- Book: Himma, Kenneth Einar . 2004 . Law, Morality, and Legal Positivism: Proceedings of the 21st World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR); Lund, Sweden, 12-18 August 2003 . Lund . Franz Steiner Verlag . 978-3-515-08513-7 .
- Book: Himma, Kenneth Einar . 2005 . Internet Security: Hacking, Counterhacking, and Society . Mississauga . Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. . 978-0-7637-3536-4 .
- Book: Himma . Kenneth Einar . Bix . Brian . 2005 . Law and Morality . Oxford . Routledge . 978-0-7546-2577-3 .
- Book: Himma . Kenneth Einar . Tavani . Herman T. . 2008 . The Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics . Hoboken . John Wiley & Sons .
- Book: Himma . Kenneth Einar . Adler . Matthew . 2009 . The Rule of Recognition and the U.S. Constitution . New York . Oxford University Press .
- Book: Himma . Kenneth Einar . Flores . Imer B. . 2013 . Law, Liberty, and the Rule of Law . Dordrecht . Springer Science+Business Media . 978-94-007-4742-5 .
External links
Notes and References
- https://washington.academia.edu/KennethHimma/CurriculumVitae Curriculum Vitae: Kenneth Einar Himma
- https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=328842 Author Page for Kenneth Einar Himma
- https://ischool.uw.edu/people/faculty/himma Ken Himma, Information School, University of Washington
- http://spu.edu/news/eNews/FacStaff_online.asp?id=567 Faculty / Staff Bulletin (17 September 2007) - Seattle Pacific University
- http://spu.edu/news/eNews/tothepoint.asp?id=570#a8010 Faculty / Staff Bulletin 34/32 (1 October 2007) - Seattle Pacific University
- http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/editorial_team.htm?id=jices Emerald - Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society editorial team
- http://spu.edu/news/enews/FacStaff_email.asp?id=554 Faculty / Staff Bulletin 34/2 (21 May 2007) - Seattle Pacific University
- http://www.i-r-i-e.net/ IRIE - International Review of Information Ethics - Homepage
- http://www.sigcas.org/newsletter Newsletter - SIGCAS - Computers and Society
- http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-cyber-ethics-education/41025 International Journal of Cyber Ethics in Education (IJCEE): Educational IS&T Journals | IGI Global
- http://spu.edu/news/eNews/FacStaff_online.asp?id=754 Faculty / Staff Bulletin (3 May 2010) - Seattle Public University
- http://www.cies.org/grantee/kenneth-himma Kenneth Himma - Fulbright Scholar Program
- News: Himma . Kenneth Einar . 19 December 1997 . Bon Garage The Best Site For New Library . . Seattle . 9 April 2017 .
- News: Himma . Kenneth Einar . 16 September 2004 . It's morally right to forgive debilitating Third-World debt . . Seattle . 9 April 2017 .
- News: Himma . Kenneth Einar . 28 March 2007 . We can't address discrimination with policies that ignore color . . Seattle . 9 April 2017 .
- http://www.iep.utm.edu/legalpos/ Legal Positivism - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- http://www.iep.utm.edu/law-phil/ Law, Philosophy of - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- http://www.iep.utm.edu/natlaw/ Natural Law - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- http://www.iep.utm.edu/design/ Design Arguments for the Existence of God - Internet Dictionary of Philosophy
- http://www.iep.utm.edu/ont-arg/ Anselm: Ontological Argument for God's Existence - Internet Dictionary of Philosophy
- Beckwith . F J . 2005 . Of souls, selves, and cerebrums: a reply to Himma . Journal of Medical Ethics . 31 . 1. 56–60 . 10.1136/jme.2004.006650. 15634754 . 1734009 .
- Metzinger . Thomas . 2006 . Reply to Himma: Personal Identity and Cartesian Intuitions . Psyche . 12 . 10 April 2017 .
- Dawes . Gregory W. . 2007 . What is wrong with intelligent design? . International Journal for Philosophy of Religion . 61 . 2 . 69–81 . 10.1007/s11153-007-9112-2. 10 April 2017 . 10523/565. 18962704 . free .
- Adam . Alison . 2008 . Ethics for things . Ethics and Information Technology . 10 . 2–3 . 149–154 . 10.1007/s10676-008-9169-3. 42747864 . 10 April 2017 .
- Book: Gunkel, David J. . 2012 . The Machine Question: Critical Perspectives on AI, Robots, and Ethics . Cambridge . MIT Press . 978-0-2623-0451-1 . David Gunkel .
- Coeckelbergh . Mark . September 2009 . Virtual moral agency, virtual moral responsibility: on the moral significance of the appearance, perception, and performance of artificial agents . AI & Society . 24 . 2 . 181–189 . 10.1007/s00146-009-0208-3. free .
- Kramer . Matthew H. . 2003 . On Morality as a Necessary or Sufficient Condition for Legality . The American Journal of Jurisprudence . 48 . 1 . 53–81 . 10.1093/ajj/48.1.53. 10 April 2017 .
- Kramer . Matthew . 2000 . How moral principles can enter into the law . Legal Theory . 6 . 1 . 83–108 . 10.1017/S1352325200061036. 145059026 . 10 April 2017 .
- Shapiro . Scott J. . June 2000 . Law, Morality, and the Guidance of Conduct . Legal Theory . 6 . 2 . 127–170 . 10.1017/S1352325200062017. 144734037 .