Hundreds of Professors Condemn Yale's Thomas Pogge After Sexual Assault Allegations
LatestMore than 200 professors have signed an open letter condemning Yale professor and highly influential ethicist, Thomas Pogge, after a Buzzfeed report alleged that he had sexually harassed numerous students and abused his position of power. “Such behavior undermines efforts to create an inclusive and respectful climate for education and research,” the open letter states. It continues:
“Pogge has engaged in behavior that violates the norms of appropriate professional conduct. Nothing is more important to our philosophical community than the trust he has betrayed. Based on the information that has been made public, we strongly condemn his harmful actions toward women, most notably women of color, and the entire academic community.”
Buzzfeed’s Katie J.M. Baker, who originally reported the allegations against Pogge, notes that the letter was signed by the chair of Yale’s philosophy department, as well as all of the department’s tenured faculty. From a cursory look at the signatures, it also appears that nearly every woman in the field (still a rarity in philosophy departments) have also signed the letter, including feminist philosopher Martha Nussbaum and critical theorist Cristina Lafont.