Paul E. Carron

Dr. Paul Carron is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core, where he has taught since 2011. His research focuses on moral psychology—the study of the emotional and psychological capacities that shape our moral lives. He is especially interested in the role of emotions in moral reasoning and character development, drawing on virtue ethics, existentialist philosophy (particularly Kierkegaard and Heidegger), and contemporary psychology. He is currently writing a book examining how modern life transforms our experience of loneliness. Dr. Carron coordinates and teaches Social World I: The City and the Soul, a team-taught exploration of Plato's Republic and contemporary moral psychology, teaches Philosophy in Literature: Existentialism, Authenticity, and the Meaningful Life, and teaches other ethics courses in both the BIC and the philosophy department at Baylor.