John Witherspoon, the Scottish Common Sense School, and American Political Philosophy

This article thus argues that we should interpret Witherspoon's relationship to slavery through the lens of his philosophical commitments. Perhaps John Witherspoon's most lasting contribution to American political culture was his introduction of Scottish Common Sense philosophy into Americ...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wirzbicki, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Sage Publ. 2024
In: Theology today
Year: 2024, Volume: 80, Issue: 4, Pages: 395-405
RelBib Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBQ North America
NCD Political ethics
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B history of American higher education
B anti-slavery movement
B Scottish Common Sense philosophy
B American Revolution
B John Witherspoon
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)

MARC

LEADER 00000caa a22000002 4500
001 1878028421
003 DE-627
005 20240117093258.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 240113s2024 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1177/00405736231207542  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1878028421 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1878028421 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 1  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |a Wirzbicki, Peter  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a John Witherspoon, the Scottish Common Sense School, and American Political Philosophy 
264 1 |c 2024 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a This article thus argues that we should interpret Witherspoon's relationship to slavery through the lens of his philosophical commitments. Perhaps John Witherspoon's most lasting contribution to American political culture was his introduction of Scottish Common Sense philosophy into American life. This body of philosophical thought that Witherspoon brought over from Scotland soon became dominant in American seminaries and universities. It helped shape the language of the Patriot cause during the American Revolution and seems to have, in concrete ways, influenced the Constitution. Scottish Common Sense philosophy helped to undergird much of the early anti-slavery movement. In this sense Witherspoon contributed significantly to the foundations of early American abolitionism. As the anti-slavery movement radicalized, though, decades after Witherspoon's death, Common Sense philosophy proved less useful, and generally faded as a source of anti-slavery commitment. 
601 |a Witherspoon, John 
601 |a Common Sense 
601 |a Philosophie 
650 4 |a history of American higher education 
650 4 |a American Revolution 
650 4 |a Scottish Common Sense philosophy 
650 4 |a anti-slavery movement 
650 4 |a John Witherspoon 
652 |a KAH:KBQ:NCD:VA 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Theology today  |d London [u.a.] : Sage Publ., 1944  |g 80(2024), 4, Seite 395-405  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)341343897  |w (DE-600)2067097-7  |w (DE-576)325341001  |x 2044-2556  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:80  |g year:2024  |g number:4  |g pages:395-405 
856 |u https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00405736231207542  |x unpaywall  |z Vermutlich kostenfreier Zugang  |h publisher [open (via page says license)] 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1177/00405736231207542  |x Resolving-System  |z kostenfrei  |3 Volltext 
912 |a NOMM 
935 |a mteo 
936 u w |d 80  |j 2024  |e 4  |h 395-405 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
ITA |a 1  |t 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 4457460125 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1878028421 
LOK |0 005 20240117093258 
LOK |0 008 240113||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 035   |a (DE-Tue135)IxTheo#2024-01-12#28BB0D9A5E7B7E94E440C46999F7F37A441BD567 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a zota 
LOK |0 936ln  |0 1442049227  |a KBQ 
LOK |0 936ln  |0 1442044624  |a KAH 
LOK |0 936ln  |0 1442052856  |a NCD 
LOK |0 936ln  |0 1442053844  |a VA 
OAS |a 1 
ORI |a TA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
SUB |a REL