Purpose: Considering the importance of philosophical foundations in citizenship education, the aim of the present study was comparing the Shahid Motahari and John Locke's philosophical foundations of citizenship education and providing solutions for Iran's education.Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative from type of descriptive-analytical. The research population were included all the first-hand sources related to the Shahid Motahari and John Locke's philosophical foundations of citizenship education and the second-hand sources related to it, including articles, theses, and books. For sampling was used from census sampling method. The data were collected by note-taking method from first-hand and second-hand sources and analyzed with theoretical and critical inference methods.Findings: The findings showed that based on the Shahid Motahari's philosophical foundations of citizenship education, in the ontological dimension, man considers existence to have a purpose and harmony, in the epistemological dimension, man establishes a relationship with the world in the direction of eternal salvation and man is aware of sensory, intellectual and heart cognitions to know oneself and the society, and in the values dimension, man gives value and importance to his goals. Also, based on the John Locke's philosophical foundations of citizenship education, in the ontological dimension, human beings are equal and everyone has the right to enjoy life, health and freedom, in the epistemological dimension, man communicates with the world by observing the consequences of his behavior or the cause and effect relationship, پرونده مقاله