Biography
Paul Weithman joined the VHI in 2024; he is the Glynn Family Honors Professor of Philosophy at Notre Dame, the university from which he received his B.A. in 1981. He earned his Ph.D. at Harvard, where he wrote his dissertation under John Rawls and Judith Shklar.He joined the Notre Dame faculty in 1991. Professor Weithman chaired the Philosophy Department between 2001 and 2007 and currently directs the interdisciplinary minor in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Religious Ethics, The Review of Politics and Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He is an honorary member of the Brazilian Society for Legal Philosophy.
Research
- Contemporary political philosophy, especially philosophical questions at the intersection of religion and politics
- Philosophy and economics
- Religious ethics
- Medieval political thought
Publications
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Religion and the Obligations of Citizenship, Cambridge University Press, 2002 - Awarded the NASSP book award, 2003.
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Why Political Liberalism? On John Rawls’s Political Turn, Oxford University Press, 2010 - Awarded the David and Elaine Spitz Prize, 2012; Subject of “Breakfast with an Author” at the Society of Christian Ethics, January 6, 2012; Subject of “Author meets Critics” session at Eastern Division, APA meeting, December 30, 2012.
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Rawls, Political Liberalism and Reasonable Faith: Collected Essays, Cambridge University Press, 2016 – a collection of some of my previously published essays on John Rawls. Subject of a one-day symposium, University of Antwerp, December 14, 2017. Choice (named "highly recommended").
In addition, Weithman is the author of over 100 articles and book chapters, 13 of which have been reprinted, and he delivered over 100 invited lectures and presentations in 18 countries on five continents.
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