I would go with general metrics of ‘influence’ like in Murray’s _Human Accomplishment_. It’s easier to decide not to give someone a prize because you find them skeevy than it is to ignore their work and accomplishments in practice and to keep them out of the histories and reference works.
Can you think of a better list, or is the entire question non-empirical in practice?
I would go with general metrics of ‘influence’ like in Murray’s _Human Accomplishment_. It’s easier to decide not to give someone a prize because you find them skeevy than it is to ignore their work and accomplishments in practice and to keep them out of the histories and reference works.