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David P. Weinstein

David P. Weinstein is an American moral and political philosopher. His research primarily focuses on liberalism, utilitarianism, 19th-20th century English-speaking moral philosophy and 20th century German intellectual history. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, April 21, 1949 to Sam Weinstein and Helen Davidson. Sam Weinstein, a pioneer in orthodontic biomechanics, founded the Department of Orthodontics, University of Nebraska in 1954 and from 1971-83 was Professor of Orthodontics, University of Connecticut. For David P. Weinstein's off grid nano house in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, see his website.

Education and Academic Positions

Weinstein earned his PhD from The Johns Hopkins University in 1988. His supervisors were Richard E. Flathman and J. G. A. Pocock. He received a BA from Colorado College in 1971. He is Professor Emeritus, Wake Forest University, USA as well as Honorarprofessor, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany.

Weinstein has held the following fellowships and received the following awards among others: Lady Davis Fellow, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2022, 2024); Plumer Research Fellow, St Anne’s College, Oxford University (2014); John Stuart Mill Visiting Chair of Social Philosophy, Universität Hamburg (2013–14); Fulbright Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Simon Dubnow‑Institut, Universität Leipzig (2009); Franklin Research Grant, American Philosophical Society (2016) and National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend (1998).

Publications

Books Authored:

• Equal Freedom and Utility: Herbert Spencer’s Liberal Utilitarianism (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
• Utilitarianism and the New Liberalism (Cambridge University Press, 2007)

Books Edited:

• The New Liberalism (Cambridge University Press, 2001) with A. Simhony
• John Stuart Mill and the Art of Life (Oxford University Press, 2010) with B. Eggleston and D. Miller

Books Co‑authored:

• Jewish Exiles and European Thought in the Shadow of the Third Reich (Cambridge University Press, 2017), with Avihu Zakai
• Interpretation, Criticism and the Shaping of Modern Intellectual History (Resling Press, 2014), Hebrew version of above book, with Avihu Zakai

Selected articles:

1. "Intellectual History and Defending the Capabilities Approach" in E. Chiappero-Martinetti, S. Osmani and M. Qizilbash (ed.), Cambridge Handbook of the Capabilities Approach (Cambridge University Press, 2021), 76-91
2. "Liberalism and Analytical Political Philosophy" in B. Jackson and M. Stears (eds.), Liberalism in Theory and Practice: (Oxford University Press, 2012), 139-58
3. "English Political Theory in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" in Gerald Gaus and Chandran Kukathas (eds.), Handbook of Political Theory (Sage Publications, 2004), 410-26
4. "Deductive Hedonism and the Anxiety of Influence," Utilitas, 12, 3, special symposium on Henry Sidgwick, (November 2000), 329-46
5. "Interpreting Mill" in B. Eggleston, D. Miller and D. Weinstein (eds.), John Stuart Mill and the Art of Life (Oxford University Press, 2010), 44-70
6. "Herbert Spencer," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University, online hypertext (December 2002), substantive revisions February 2008 and March 2024
7. "Between Kantianism and Consequentialism in T.H. Green’s Moral Philosophy," Political Studies, XLI, 4, 618-635

Editorial Roles and Other Appointments

Book review editor for philosophy journal Utilitas since 2006

Triangle Intellectual History Seminar, faculty member (Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wake Forest University and North Carolina State University)

External Links

David P. Weinstein website www.davidpweinstein.org