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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... sports physicians • Racism in sport and courageous role models • The place of sports in the good life Written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of sport, this book also powerfully unites the fields of sports ethics and medical ...
... sports: envy, justice and self-esteem PART III Sports ethics, medicine and technology 9 Suffering in and for sport ix xi 20 43 69 87 89 110 7 6 129 8 145 163 165 10 Doping: slippery slopes, pleonexia and shame 11 Whose Prometheus?:
... pleonexia and shame 11 Whose Prometheus?: Transhumanism, biotechnology and the moral topography of sports medicine Notes References Index 177 194 206 219 232 Preface The book is comprised ofessays, many of which were viii Contents.
... Medicine, Healthcare and Philosophy (2007b). A perceptive and helpful reviewer forced me to give a much more ... sports ethics. Chapter 9, 'Suffering in and for sport' (2005a) appeared first in an anthology from the 'Ethics and Sports ...
... sports and undergoing serious illness. It seems to me that considering an applying scholarship from medical ethics may, with the appropriate changes, help us better understand our responses to vulnerability and promote shared ...
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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 |