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Evelyn Lincoln Institute for Ethics & Society

The Evelyn Lincoln Institute for Ethics & Society will serve the Mercyhurst University community, the city of Erie, and the surrounding Northwestern Pennsylvania region as a place where leaders and learners gather to engage in an exchange of ideas pertaining to ethical inquiry that moves toward a just and participatory society.


At its inception, the Institute will investigate three primary ethics tracks:

  1. Socially Responsible Business Practices (Business Ethics)
  2. Science and Emerging Technologies (Technology Ethics)
  3. Ecology and Sustainability (Environmental Ethics)

These tracks will enable us to examine a broad range of ethical issues that require ethical commitments.