Conference marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, exploring the roots of ordered liberty in the American republic and addressing contemporary challenges to its structures.
The year 2026 marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, which founded the American republic rooted in self-evident rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Liberty is situated within structures that direct it toward its proper end, as understood by the founders drawing on Western traditions. Yet, these structures are endangered by misconstruals of the founding, fractious politics, educational failures, cultural decadence, and foreign policy issues. The conference addre
Topics & Focus Areas
Proper understanding of liberty and its distinction from tyranny and licenseHuman happiness and its relationship to politics and moralityRelationship between universal and particular in the American political traditionMoral-cultural assumptions of the Framers and their bearing on current ordersHas the republic become an empire, and implications for foreign policy and domestic libertyImpact of scientific and technological developments on American institutions and ordered libertyRelationship between education and liberty, and reforms to reinvigorate the American orderReturning to classical and Christian roots for an American renaissance
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