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Three Philosophies of Being: Scottish Moralism, Anglican Toryism, and Lockean Liberalism
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PhilosophyCanadian HistoryGeneral Political Science
ISBN13: 9781772444063
Publisher: Rock's Mills Press
Published: Oct 27 2026
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Province of Upper Canada never had a common culture. From its founding in 1791, Upper Canada was populated by waves of immigrants of diverse cultures and ethnicities. Yet despite ideological differences and instances of political and cultural conflict, Upper Canada managed to evolve as a 'peaceable kingdom' based on a prevailing adherence to several basic beliefs: viz., the rule of law and equality before the law; the adoption of limited constitutional monarchy as the preferred form of government; freedom of religion and religious toleration; and the commitment to upholding a common standard of morality. The present study examines the religious, political, social, and moral values espoused by three philosophies of being, and identifies the commonalities within their differences.
This study partakes of both intellectual history and cultural history. As an exercise in intellectual history, it compares the seminal ideas of prominent thinkers in the founding, or elaboration, of three distinct schools of thought: Lockean Liberalism in the ideas of John Locke; Scottish Moralism in the ideas of the Scottish Moralists, primarily Francis Hutcheson, Adam Ferguson, Thomas Reid, and David Hume; and Anglican Toryism, primarily in the sermons of the Rev. Dr. John Strachan in Upper Canada. All three philosophies, in their distinctive worldviews and diverse ideas -- beliefs, values, and principles -- had significant influence on the evolving culture and worldview of Anglo-Canadians during the 19th century.
John Locke and the Scottish Moralists were original thinkers, while John Strachan was a systematic thinker steeped in the theology of the Church of England, in moral and political philosophy, and the constitutional history of England, who became the intellectual fountainhead of Upper Canadian Anglican Toryism. Strachan evolved a unique variant of English Anglican Toryism in producing a coherent religious, moral, and political philosophy of man and community.
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