Kenneth Einar Himma is an American philosopher, author, lawyer, academic and lecturer. Born in

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, Himma earned his bachelor's degree from the

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in 1985, his masters from the

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in 1987, and his doctorate of law from the

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in 1990, before receiving his

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in 2001 from the University of Washington for his thesis, "The Status of Legal Principles".Curriculum Vitae: Kenneth Einar Himma
at the University of Washington School of Law. Retrieved 9 April 2017. Himma specialises in

philosophy of law Philosophy of law is a branch of philosophy that examines the nature of law and law's relationship to other systems of norms, especially ethics and political philosophy. It asks questions like "What is law?", "What are the criteria for legal val ...

philosophy of information The philosophy of information (PI) is a branch of philosophy that studies topics relevant to information processing, representational system and consciousness, cognitive science, computer science, information science and information technology. ...

information ethics Information ethics has been defined as "the branch of ethics that focuses on the relationship between the creation, organization, dissemination, and use of information, and the ethical standards and moral codes governing human conduct in society". I ...

social philosophy Social philosophy examines questions about the foundations of social institutions, social behavior, and interpretations of society in terms of ethical values rather than empirical relations. Social philosophers emphasize understanding the social ...

political philosophy Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, ...

and

philosophy of religion Philosophy of religion is "the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts involved in religious traditions". Philosophical discussions on such topics date from ancient times, and appear in the earliest known texts concerning p ...

, and has authored dozens of academic papers in these fields. From 2004 until 2011 he worked as a professor in the philosophy department of

Seattle Pacific University Seattle Pacific University (SPU) is a private Christian university in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1891 in conjunction with the Oregon and Washington Conference of the Free Methodist Church as the Seattle Seminary. It became the Seat ...

, after which he began lecturing part-time at the

. In 2007, Himma was elected to the editorial board of the '' Journal of Information Ethics'' and the board of directors for the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology. He currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of the ''Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society'' and the ''International Review of Information Ethics'' and the Editorial Boards of ''Computers and Society'' and the ''International Journal of Cyber Ethics in Education'' In 2010, he was nominated for the World Technology Network's World Technology Award for Ethics, and in 2012, he was awarded a Fulbright Candidate Grant for Keynote at IVR Conference at Faculty of Law at University of Belgrade. Himma has had numerous opinion pieces published in ''

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''. He has also contributed several entries to the ''

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'', with commentary on the subjects of legal and religious philosophy. Some of his scholarly papers have attracted responses and commentaries from Francis J. Beckwith, Thomas Metzinger,

Greg Dawes Gregory Dawes (born 1957) is a distinguished professor of Latin American Studies at North Carolina State University. He has written on Latin American studies and literary theory and is the editor of ''A Contracorriente'', an online academic journa ...

, Alison Adam, David Gunkel,

Mark Coeckelbergh Mark Coeckelbergh (born 1975) is a Belgian philosopher of technology. He is Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Vienna and former President of the Society for Philosophy and Techno ...

Matthew Kramer Matthew Henry Kramer (born 9 June 1959) is an American philosopher, currently Professor of Legal and Political Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. He writes mainly in the areas of metaethics, ...

and

Scott J. Shapiro Scott Jonathan Shapiro is the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Philosophy at Yale Law School and the Director of Yale's Center for Law and Philosophy and of the Yale CyberSecurity Lab. He received his B.A. in Philosophy from Columbia ...

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Curriculum Vitae: Kenneth Einar Himma
at the University of Washington School of Law {{DEFAULTSORT:Himma, Kenneth Einar 1957 births Academics from Washington (state) American ethicists American political philosophers Lawyers from Seattle Philosophers of law Philosophers of religion Philosophers from Washington (state) Seattle Pacific University faculty University of Washington School of Law faculty Writers from Seattle Living people