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The biotechnology revolution, though promising enormous returns in human well-being, is rapidly expanding our powers of control over our bodies, our thoughts, and our world. How we acquire these powers and how we decide to use them are questions not only for science, but also moral and political questions of profound importance to the future of democratic society and the dignity of human life. EPPC's program on Bioethics and American Democracy is an effort to clarify our responsibilities to future Americans by encouraging much needed moral and political deliberation on emerging biotechnologies.

Bioethics Policy Guide
UNESCO Bioethics Chair
The New Atlantis
The Embryo Question
The Ethics of Enhancement
Eugenics: Past and Future
Aging and Human Dignity

Latest News & Publications

Obama's Case Against Obama Why the president's Notre Dame speech should hearten lifers . . . a little. By Yuval Levin Thursday, May 21, 2009 For all the controversy surrounding his invitation, President Obama's commencement address at the University of Notre Dame actually offered pro-lifers some causes for optimism by unintentionally clarifying the profound and growing weakness of the case for America's radical abortion laws.

The Real Lessons of Stem Cells By Yuval Levin Tuesday, March 24, 2009 President Obama's decision to support the destruction of embryos with taxpayer dollars not only ignores the ethics of the stem cell debate but also the key scientific developments of the past few years, which have shown that the cells the scientists seek can be obtained without unethical practices.

The President Politicizes Stem-Cell Research Taxpayers have a right to be left out of it. By Eric Cohen, Robert P. George Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Yesterday President Barack Obama issued an executive order that authorizes expanded federal funding for research using stem cells produced by destroying human embryos. The announcement was classic Obama: advancing radical policies while seeming calm and moderate, and preaching the gospel of civility while accusing those who disagree with the policies of being "divisive" and even "politicizing science."

Science Over All? The Temptation in Obama's Stem Cell Policy By Yuval Levin Tuesday, March 10, 2009 President Obama's stem cell rhetoric this week is a powerful example of a very dangerous inclination among policy makers to leave science policy to the scientists--and so to leave it devoid of ethics, prudence, wisdom, and responsibility.

The New Atlantis
A Journal of Technology and Society

The new issue of EPPC’s journal The New Atlantis is dedicated entirely to publishing the first report of the Witherspoon Council on Ethics and the Integrity of Science, an important new body whose members hail from such fields as biology, medicine, law, political science, and theology. In its inaugural report, the Council examines the last decade’s contentious debates over stem cell research—exposing the major lies and distortions, clarifying the scientific promise and ethical stakes of the research, and drawing lessons about how we ought to govern science. Visit TheNewAtlantis.com today!

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