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Philosophers move to limit alleged harasser's influence within the discipline

Inside Higher Ed: Geoff Marcy’s fall from grace at the University of California, Berkeley, last year was hard and swift. After allegations emerged that he’d serially harassed a number of female graduate students, and that Berkeley had investigated the matter but chosen not to immediately punish him, his fellow astronomers launched a public shaming campaign that forced his resignation within a matter of days.

Not so with Thomas Pogge, the Leitner Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Political Science at Yale University, who has achieved the kind of rock star status in his field that Marcy once held in his. Allegations against Pogge, a global ethicist, first surfaced in 2014, and he was named publicly related to a sexual harassment complaint against Yale in May. Philosophers have responded to the news with their own shame campaign, but so far, Pogge remains at Yale.

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