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The Witherspoon Institute is a conservative think tank in Princeton, New Jersey.〔(Official website: Mission )〕〔Deborah Yaffe, ('A conservative think tank with many Princeton ties' ), in ''Princeton Alumni Weekly'', July 16, 2008〕〔David D. Kirkpatrick, (The Conservative-Christian Big Thinker ), ''The New York Times'', December 16, 2009〕 ==Overview== The Witherspoon Institute was founded in 2003 by, among others, Princeton University professor and noted conservative Robert P. George,〔〔Robert P. George & Jean Bethke Elshtain, (''The Meaning of Marriage'' ), Scepter Publishers, p. vii〕〔 Luis Tellez, and others involved with the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.〔Deborah Yaffe, ('A conservative think tank with many Princeton ties' )〕 Named after John Witherspoon,〔 one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, the institute's fellows include Chen Guangcheng, Harold James, John Joseph Haldane, and James R. Stoner, Jr.〔(Official website: Fellows )〕 The Witherspoon Institute opposes abortion and same-sex marriage〔http://winst.org/family_marriage_and_democracy/WI_Marriage.pdf〕 and deals with embryonic stem cell research, constitutional law, and globalization.〔 In 2003, it organized a conference on religion in modern societies.〔Roger Scruton, (''A political philosophy'' ), Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006, p. 210〕 In 2006, Republican Senator Sam Brownback cited a Witherspoon document called ''Marriage and the Public Good: Ten Principles'' in a debate over a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage.〔 It held a conference about pornography named ''The Social Costs of Pornography''〔http://www.socialcostsofpornography.com/about.php〕 at Princeton University in December 2008.〔http://winst.org/events/past-events/〕 Financially independent from Princeton University, its donors have included the Bradley Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, and the Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation.〔 The institute publishes the online journal ''Public Discourse: Ethics, Law, and the Common Good''〔(Public Discourse website )〕 and, with the Center for the Study of Technology and Society and the Ethics and Public Policy Center, co-publishes ''The New Atlantis''. The Witherspoon Institute also provides (educational opportunities ) to high school students, undergraduate students, graduate students, and young faculty members.〔(Catholic News Agency article about Witherspoon Seminars )〕〔(National Review article on Witherspoon Seminars )〕〔(First Things article on Natural Law and Public Affairs Seminar )〕 Most of these seminars focus on natural law philosophy and its applications in contemporary fields such as political theory, bioethics, and law. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Witherspoon Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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