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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... modern morality plays: universal practices ofmoral 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 ...
Morality Plays Mike McNamee. To the girls: Cheryl, Megan and Ffion, with love Contents Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: ancient rituals and modern morality plays.
Morality Plays Mike McNamee. Contents. Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: ancient rituals and modern morality plays 1 PART I Sports, persons and ethical sport 7 1 What is this thing called sport? 9 2 Sports, persons and ...
... modern codes and the ancient sixth-century bc Hippocratic Oath and third-century bc Beroia Law for gymnasiarchos in Ancient Greece. A version of Chapter 6, like Chapter 4, was published jointly as 'The moral economy of racism and racist ...
... , Megan and Ffion, without whose forbearance the book would never have been finished and without whom it would not have been worthwhile. Introduction Ancient rituals and modern morality plays In Medieval Europe, Acknowledgements.
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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 |