Abstract

In ‘The Paradox of Beneficial Retirement’ (Ratio 18 2005: 332– 337), I proposed a personal and moral paradox about integrity and retirement. This paradox raises the disturbing prospect that many people (perhaps even the majority, in many professions) ought to seriously consider retiring, because they are likely to be replaced by someone who will do their work better than they do it. In ‘Why I Have No Plans to Retire: In Defence of Moderate Professional Complacency’ (Ratio, 20 2007: 241–246), James Lenman forcefully argues that my argument does not succeed