The New Atlantis (journal)

The New Atlantis
EditorAri Schulman
FrequencyQuarterly
PublisherThe Center for the Study of Technology and Society, The Ethics and Public Policy Center
Founded2003 (2003)
Based inWashington, D.C.
LanguageEnglish
Websitehttps://www.thenewatlantis.com/
ISSN1543-1215 (print)
1555-5569 (web)
OCLC56518547

The New Atlantis is a journal founded by the social conservative advocacy group the Ethics and Public Policy Center, now published by the Center for the Study of Technology and Society.[1] It covers topics about the social, ethical, political, and policy dimensions of modern science and technology.[2] The journal is editorially reviewed but is not peer-reviewed on scientific topics.[3] It is edited by Ari Schulman, having previously been edited by co-founders Eric Cohen and Adam Keiper.

The journal's name is taken from Francis Bacon's utopian novella New Atlantis, which the journal's editors describe as a "fable of a society living with the benefits and challenges of advanced science and technology".[4] An editorial in the inaugural issue states that the aim of the journal is "to help us avoid the extremes of euphoria and despair that new technologies too often arouse; and to help us judge when mobilizing our technological prowess is sensible or necessary, and when the preservation of things that count requires limiting the kinds of technological power that would lessen, cheapen, or ultimately destroy us."[5] Writing in National Review, the journal's editor Adam Keiper described The New Atlantis as being written from a "particularly American and conservative way of thinking about both the blessings and the burdens of modern science and technology".[6] New Atlantis authors and bioethicists publishing in other journals have also similarly referred to The New Atlantis as being written from a social conservative stance that utilizes religion.[7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ "The Center for the Study of Technology and Society — About". The Center for the Study of Technology and Society. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "Welcome to The New Atlantis". Reason. May 5, 2003. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "The Editor of The New Atlantis Responds to My Critique of the Mayer and McHugh Article – Warren Throckmorton". August 27, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2023. You are also correct in noting that The New Atlantis is not a peer-reviewed scientific publication. It is, rather, editorially reviewed — like many other journals and magazines intended for a wide public audience
  4. ^ "Why We Are Called The New Atlantis". Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  5. ^ Cohen, Eric (Spring 2003). "The New Politics of Technology". The New Atlantis.
  6. ^ Keiper, Adam (May 29, 2003). "The New Atlantis Turns Ten". The Corner.
  7. ^ Levin, Yuval (2003). "The Paradox of Conservative Bioethics". The New Atlantis. PMID 15584194. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  8. ^ "St. Francis, Christian Love, and the Biotechnological Future".
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference MIT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hastings was invoked but never defined (see the help page).