Paul Weithman

{{short description|American philosopher}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox philosopher |region = Western philosophy |era= 21st-century philosophy |color = |image = |name = Paul J. Weithman |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |school_tradition = | institutions = University of Notre Dame |main_interests = political philosophy | thesis_title = | thesis_url= | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = John Rawls, Judith Shklar |academic_advisors= | doctoral_students = |notable_ideas= |parents = | spouse= | education = Harvard University (PhD), University of Notre Dame (BA) | alma_mater= |influences = |influenced = |awards = |website = }}

'''Paul J. Weithman''' is an American philosopher and Glynn Family Honors Professor of Philosophy at University of Notre Dame. He is known for his works on political philosophy.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Poston |first1=Ted |title=Review of Liberal Faith: Essays in Honor of Philip Quinn |journal=NDPR |date=1 February 2010 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/liberal-faith-essays-in-honor-of-philip-quinn/ |language=en |issn=1538-1617}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Reidy |first1=David A. |title=Review of Rawls, Political Liberalism and Reasonable Faith |journal=NDPR |date=16 July 2017 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/rawls-political-liberalism-and-reasonable-faith/ |language=en |issn=1538-1617}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Neufeld |first1=Blain |title=Review of Why Political Liberalism? On John Rawls's Political Turn |journal=NDPR |date=1 December 2011 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/why-political-liberalism-on-john-rawls-s-political-turn/ |language=en |issn=1538-1617}}</ref> Weithman won the David and Elaine Spitz Prize in 2012 for his book ''Why Political Liberalism? On John Rawls's Political Turn''.

==Books== * ''Rawls, Political Liberalism and Reasonable Faith'', Cambridge University Press, 2016 * ''Why Political Liberalism? On John Rawls's Political Turn'', Oxford University Press, 2010 * ''Religion and the Obligations of Citizenship'', Cambridge University Press, 2002

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==External links== *{{cite web |title=Paul Weithman |url=https://philosophy.nd.edu/people/faculty/paul-weithman/ |website=University of Notre Dame |language=en}}

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