The Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) is a Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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-based conservative advocacy group

Advocacy group

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. Formed in 1976 by Ernest W. Lefever

Ernest W. Lefever

Ernest Warren Lefever was an American political theorist and foreign affairs expert who founded the Ethics and Public Policy Center in 1976 and was nominated for a State Department post by President Ronald Reagan, but withdrew after his nomination was rejected by the Senate Foreign Relations...

, who was its president until 1989, the group describes itself as "dedicated to applying the Judeo-Christian

Judeo-Christian

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 moral tradition to critical issues of public policy

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Since 2003 EPPC has published The New Atlantis

The New Atlantis

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, a quarterly journal about the social and political dimensions of science

Science

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 and technology

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The president of EPPC is M. Edward Whelan III

M. Edward Whelan III

Martin Edward Whelan III , known professionally as M. Edward Whelan III but known in the blogosphere as Ed Whelan, is an American lawyer and a prominent conservative legal analyst...

, former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel

Office of Legal Counsel

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 in the U.S. Department of Justice

United States Department of Justice

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. George Weigel

George Weigel

George Weigel is an American author, and political and social activist. He currently serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Weigel was the Founding President of the James Madison Foundation...

serves as Distinguished Senior Fellow for the Center.