James W Haddad

What did the great philosophers really think about women?From ancient Greece to modern thought, The Philosophy of Women traces the intellectual roots of gender inequality in Western philosophy. Plato's guarded support of female guardians, Aristotle's blunt biological sexism, Kant's rigid moral roles, Schopenhauer's contempt-these were not fringe ideas. They were foundational.In clear, compelling prose, James W. Haddad exposes how some...