{"product_id":"virtue-of-feminist-rationality","title":"Virtue of Feminist Rationality","description":"Feminist 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. This book represents a sustained argument for a feminist 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":"Continuum Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226634047832,"sku":"9781441186577","price":186.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781441186577.jpg?v=1744271154","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/virtue-of-feminist-rationality","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}