Because there has been lots of discussion about the relationship between publishing and hiring in philosophy, I thought I'd add my 2c.

Over the years I've been part of several decisions to hire someone ABD with zero (0) publications. These were good hires and I'd make them again

If other people want to leave more of these candidates out there for me to hire, I guess that's good news for me. But they're making a huge mistake.

Second point. In practice it makes a much bigger difference to my life that my colleagues are good at teaching and service than that they are good at research. My colleagues are actually good at both, so I don't have to choose. But I know what matters more day to day.

Having undergrads excitedly talking about Kant in the corridor because they loved the Kant class, and wanting to sign up for more philosophy, or the local schools being excited about the projects we run with elementary and high schools, makes a huge difference to my work life.

That my colleagues keep up a steady stream of publications in journals I occasionally read I guess matters too. It's a public good, and if we totally stopped we wouldn't be able to recruit the amazing grad students we do. But the marginal gain of each paper is, well, marginal.