EPPC - Ethics and Public Policy Center

Programs

American Religious Freedom EPPC's American Religious Freedom program is devoted to protecting and strengthening the inherent religious freedoms of Americans of all faiths. We work to inculcate a sound understanding of America's religious freedoms among state and national ... Read More.

Bioethics and American Democracy The biotechnology revolution, while promising enormous returns in human wellbeing, is rapidly expanding our powers of control over our bodies, our minds, and our world. How we acquire these powers and how we decide to ... Read More.

Catholic Studies As an integral part of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for more than twenty-five years, the Catholic Studies program explores the many connections between Catholicism and public life and seeks to clarify and deepen ... Read More.

The Constitution, the Courts, and the Culture The proper role of the courts in construing the Constitution is one of the most hotly contested issues in American society. Competing conceptions of the role of the courts animate election battles and fuel disputes ... Read More.

Economics and Ethics EPPC’s Economics and Ethics Program, under the direction of EPPC Fellow John D. Mueller, traces the relation of modern economic theory to its Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman origins, formulates its practical application to personal, family, and ... Read More.

Evangelicals in Civic Life EPPC’s Evangelicals in Civic Life program, under the direction of EPPC Vice President Michael Cromartie, researches the role the evangelical community plays in American politics and public life. This program explores the civic and political activities ... Read More.

The Faith Angle Forum EPPC’s Faith Angle Forum, directed by EPPC Vice President Michael Cromartie, aims to strengthen reporting and commentary on how religious believers, religious convictions, and religiously grounded moral arguments affect American politics and public life. Since 1999, ... Read More.

Health and Entitlement Reform EPPC's Program on Health and Entitlement Reform, led by EPPC Senior Fellow James C. Capretta, addresses the most significant threat to the long-term prosperity of the United States: the exploding costs of the nation's entitlement ... Read More.

History and Civics Education Initiative EPPC’s History and Civics Education Initiative, directed by EPPC Senior Fellow (and former head of the National Endowment for the Humanities) Bruce Cole, addresses the problem of history and civic illiteracy among K-12 students. Numerous ... Read More.

Science, Technology, and Society EPPC’s program on Science, Technology, and Society studies the moral, political, philosophical, and social questions posed by modern science and technology. As a method of accumulating factual knowledge, science has been wildly successful, even exceeding the ... Read More.