Sports, Virtues and Vices: Morality PlaysRoutledge, 21 մյս, 2008 թ. - 248 էջ Sports have long played an important role in society. By exploring the evolving link between sporting behaviour and the prevailing ethics of the time this comprehensive and wide-ranging study illuminates our understanding of the wider social significance of sport. The primary aim of Sports, Virtues and Vices is to situate ethics at the heart of sports via ‘virtue ethical’ considerations that can be traced back to the gymnasia of ancient Greece. The central theme running through the book is that sports are effectively modern morality plays: universal practices of moral education for the masses and - when coached, officiated and played properly - a valuable vehicle for ethical development. Including a wealth of contemporary sporting examples, the book explores key ethical issues such as:
Written by one of the world's foremost sports philosophers, this book powerfully unites the fields of sports ethics and medical ethics. It is essential reading for all students and scholars with an interest in the ethics and philosophy of sport. |
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... sport • Defining a 'virtue-ethical account' in sport • Doping; greed, justice and shame • Biomedical technology as a challenge to the virtue of elite athletes, coaches and sports physicians • Racism in sport and courageous role models ...
... elite sports foster. I discuss the greed and shame that attend those who cheat by doping, and finally the future of sports and how this may be undermined by recent advances in biomedical technology aligned to the vices that have ...
... sports. In Chapter 7, I develop the theme of feelings of superiority over others that are often thought to be a precondition of success in elite sports. I offer a critical revision journalistic idea that teams and athletes who lose in ...
... elite sports and what is becoming ever more closely aligned to it, the practice of sports medicine. It is often said that those who would promote genetic engineering in and out of sports are engaged in a Promethean enterprise. Ipresent ...
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Part II Vicious and virtuous sport | 87 |
Part III Sports ethics medicine and technology | 163 |
Notes | 206 |
References | 219 |
Index | 232 |