An Elementary Study on the Possibility of the New Theory of Civil Society: Focus on John Locke's Religious Thought and Social Virtues

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K17034
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economic doctrine/Economic thought
• Research Institution: Fukuoka University (2017); Kyoto University (2015-2016)
• Principal Investigator: TAKEI Keisuke 福岡大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (90751090)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ジョン・ロック / エドワード・スティリングフリート / ヘンリ・ハモンド / イングランド啓蒙 / 寛容思想 / アングリカニズム / Civil Society / 世俗性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, I extracted Locke's religious aspects as social virtues from his political thought by analyzing not only his but also his contemporaries' works and comparing them each other. Especially, I analyzed Locke's religious works and manuscripts such as MS Locke c.34, A Letter concerning Toleration, The Reasonableness of Christianity, etc., and confirmed his characteristic view of church, for example, his anti-clericalism, his distinction of jurisdiction between church (the clergy) and state (the civil magistrate), and so on. Furthermore, I shew that Locke claimed the consistency between inward belief and outward behavior without breaking the social order. I also explained that such argument was one of the features of his ideas of toleration.

Free Research Field

社会思想史