Carly Herold is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Coordinator of the major in Philosophy, Politics, & Economics, and Co-Director of Geneseo's Forum on Constitutionalism and Democracy.
She teaches courses on ancient and modern political philosophy, philosophy of law, conceptions of the role of morality in statesmanship and war, and the relationship between science and political life.
Her research focuses on classical Greek and Roman political philosophy. She is currently completing a book on the Roman statesman and philosopher Cicero's evaluation of the possibility of popular enlightenment, as well as an article on Thucydides' reflections on political ambition and demagoguery. Before coming to Geneseo, she held a post-doctoral fellowship at the College of the Holy Cross and received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Texas at Austin.
Publications
“Life and Death as a Political Act: Cicero and the Stoics” in Political Theory on Death and Dying. Edited by Erin Dolgoy, Bruce Peabody, and Kimberly Hurd Hale. Routledge Press. September 2021.
"Quid Sit Tyrannus: Seeking to Understand Tyranny Within and Among Regimes."Perspectives on Political Science: Vol. 46:4.
Education
2014 Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
2010 M.A. University of Texas at Austin
2005 B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Tufts
University: Political Science and Classics
Classes
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PHIL 200: Law, Morality & War
How should individuals and communities act when morality and the need for security and power seem to conflict? How should we think about justice when survival is on the line? What role does law play in moments of crisis and conflicts among regimes? This course explores these questions and more through a selection of Greek and Roman, Islamic, early modern, and contemporary texts that take seriously both the demands of morality and the realities of political life.
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PHIL 377: Philosophy of Law
A systematic exploration of the foundations of law. Major topics include the nature of law and the criteria for a legal system, competing legal theories, the relation between legality and morality, competing theories concerning criminal justice and the justification of punishment.