John Sorenson (2) (1952–)
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- Opere
- 8
- Utenti
- 68
- Popolarità
- #253,411
- Voto
- 3.1
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 21
- Lingue
- 1
It took me a very long time to finish such a short book. The reason was not that I was busy, or that it was difficult reading. The book was just awful, and I never wanted to pick it up.
Sorenson takes the position of the social ecologist - arguing that domination over animals is a reflection of the dominant/submissive dichotomy in our own society, reflecting ills such as the gender disparity and economic divides. Sadly, the book reads like someone offered to publish Sorenson's dissertation - and it wasn't a very good one. At many points, I felt as though I was reading a paper draft on animal rights that a freshman in my applied ethics course had written, and by "draft" I mean the version of the paper that the student had me read before the deadline, which I gave back with notes all over, asking "argument?", "evidence?", "backing for this claim?" The writing is incredibly repetitive - an issue which is exacerbated by a consistent disorganization. Within the first chapter alone, Sorenson basically runs around the same didactic circle three times, ultimately repeating each one of his points in order. The writing style is also poor, peppered with run-on sentences and overly dependent on jargon.
The biggest thing is this: I agree with Sorenson, he is preaching to the choir, and even I found myself unconvinced by his "arguments" - primarily because I couldn't see him making any. He begins the book by presenting some historically important perspectives on animal rights and speciesism - Peter Singer says this, so-and-so says that, but he never tells us why these people have said these things, what their arguments were. And then he makes the important normative claim that we cannot treat animals as mere property or things to be used - but I never saw him argue for this point either. This was the major problem which undermined the entire project. Had this actually been written by a freshman for my ethics course, it would not have received higher than a C - and Sorenson is not a college freshman, he has a Ph.D! I guess the dissertation requirements in sociology just aren't as stringent as they are in philosophy...… (altro)