{"product_id":"9781441186577","title":"The Virtue of Feminist Rationality","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Virtue of Feminist Rationality\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Deborah K. Heikes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781441186577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Continuum","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40596880425166,"sku":"9781441186577","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781441186577","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}