The virtue of feminist rationality

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    • Heikes, Deborah K.

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The virtue of feminist rationality

Deborah K. Heikes

(Continuum studies in philosophy)

Continuum, c2012

  • : hardcover

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-204) and index

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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.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1. The 'Maleness' of Reason
  • 2. Rationality and Reasonableness
  • 3. Mind v. Body
  • 4. Reason v. Emotion
  • 5. Identity v. Difference
  • 6. Objectivity v. Subjectivity
  • 7. Reasonableness: The Once and Future Queen, Should Feminists Be Rational
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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