▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 . ▁He ▁was ▁made ▁an ▁Officer ▁of ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁Canada , ▁Canada ' s ▁highest ▁civil ian ▁honour , ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁ ▁Following ▁his ▁death , ▁a ▁two - part ▁document ary ▁on ▁his ▁life ▁and ▁work ▁a ired ▁on ▁C BC ▁Radio ' s ▁Ide as ▁program . ▁ ▁The ▁Canadian ▁Political ▁Science ▁Association ▁presents ▁an ▁annual ▁C .   B . ▁Mac ph erson ▁Prize ▁for ▁the ▁best ▁book ▁on ▁political ▁theory ▁written ▁by ▁a ▁Canadian . ▁ ▁Mac ph erson ▁died ▁on ▁ 2 2 ▁July ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁ ▁Mac ph erson ' s ▁project ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁Mac ph erson ▁was ▁critic ized ▁from ▁some ▁on ▁both ▁the ▁left ▁and ▁the ▁right . ▁In ▁response , ▁he ▁claimed ▁that ▁what ▁he ▁had ▁always ▁been ▁trying ▁to ▁do ▁was ▁to ▁" work ▁out ▁a ▁revision ▁of ▁liberal - dem ocr atic ▁theory , ▁a ▁revision ▁that ▁clearly ▁ow ed ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁to ▁Marx , ▁in ▁the ▁hope ▁of ▁making ▁that ▁theory ▁more ▁dem ocr atic ▁while ▁res cu ing ▁that ▁valuable ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁liberal ▁tradition ▁which ▁is ▁sub mer ged ▁when ▁liberal ism ▁is ▁identified ▁as ▁syn onymous ▁with ▁capital ist ▁market ▁relations ." ▁ ▁His ▁combination ▁of ▁Marx ' s ▁political ▁economy ▁with ▁T .   H . ▁Green ' s ▁eth ical ▁liberal ism ▁is ▁best ▁understood ▁as ▁left - lean ing ▁ne o - H