Question

Horwitz and Nelson both discuss the feminist methodology as one that starts with a critique of Cartesian dualism.Explain what Cartesian dualism is and how it informs feminist economics.Go on to analyze the way Horwitz describes this aspect of feminist economics as a critique of neoclassical theory and a potential bridge to Austrian economics.

The length of your answers should range from 2 paragraphs

Answer 1

Cartesian dualism is the notion that implies that economics has been separated from ethics as the self interst of private parties fuel the economic machinery. So it is like departing the body (economic machinery) with its soul (ethics).

When ethics are ignored then gender discrimination is clearly visible on workplace and in mechanism of market forces. It makes everything which is masculine as necessary and everything which is feminine as marginalised and undesirable.