Resignation

Resignation

People sometimes assume that my resignation twelve years ago was an admission of guilt. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is very naïve to think otherwise. The decision was carefully considered and took in many factors, some unrelated to the situation at hand. Chief among them was the aggravation and cost entailed by fighting a lengthy legal battle with the university, especially given that I had no desire to stay there. I judged it wiser to resign and go elsewhere, which I fully expected to do. What I didn’t expect was the complete stupidity and ill-will of my colleagues in the American philosophy profession. A lot of the blame lies with them. And they are still doing it—stupidly, unjustly, viciously, ignorantly.