{"product_id":"the-virtue-of-feminist-rationality-9781472533456","title":"The Virtue of Feminist Rationality","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Deborah K. Heikes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Movements - Humanism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeminist philosophers have been some of the most vocal critics of reason and rationality. While most feminists realize that rationality is a concept that cannot be entirely abandoned, few have considered how to construct a positive account of rationality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book represents a sustained argument for a \u003ci\u003efeminist\u003c\/i\u003e theory of rationality. It opens by asking the question: is reason inherently masculine? Deborah K. Heikes goes on to answer this question negatively and to examine what feminists actually want from a theory of rationality, specifying what a virtue theory of rationality is and how it works. She identifies those features that feminists believe are central to reason, identifying four dichotomies that are central to feminist thinking (mind\/body, reason\/emotion, identity\/difference, objectivity\/subjectivity), and argues that they can be captured by conceiving of rationality as a virtue concept. She further demonstrates how a specifically feminist theory of rationality can provide objective grounds for feminists' moral, political and epistemic agendas.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087856165015,"sku":"9781472533456","price":4969.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781472533456.webp?v=1767143114","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-virtue-of-feminist-rationality-9781472533456","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}