Philosopher Ed Erwin (Miami) further explores the topic I touched upon a couple of weeks ago in connection with his posting about the issue. I agree with the general principle: someone sanctioned for sexual harassment may still be qualified to teach, and certainly to publish and contribute to scholarship.
(A minor point: the only person legally vindicated in the lawsuit against Erwin, the University, and McGinn was Erwin himself, since the claims against him were dismissed with prejudice by the judge [i.e., they could not be rewritten and refiled]. The case against the others settled, we do not know why: it could be because the plaintiff could not prove her case, or it could be because it was no longer worth the trouble and humiliation [see my earlier discussion of the deposition].)
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