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. |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 57–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
... 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 ... Ethics and Philosophy. Sports, Virtues and Vices Morality plays Mike McNamee.
... ethical sport 7 1 What is this thing called sport? 9 2 Sports, persons and sportspersonship 3 Sports as practices 4 Sport and ethical development PART II Vicious and virtuous sport 5 Codes of conduct and trustworthy coaches Racism ...
... virtue-ethical framework of the book, and Ihappily record my appreciation for their earlier collaboration. In Part II, on the virtues and vices of sports, I gather together and revise various chapters that deal specifically with the virtue ...
... virtue-ethical aspects of racism with respect to the racist act/racist character distinction and also included discussion of role modelling in relation to racism and racial stereotypes. The following chapters (7 and 8) appeared first in ...
... moral cultures that the present world throws up. While different philosophical approaches have been developed in sports ethics, the aim of this book is to situate ethics at the heart of sports and to do it via virtue-ethical ...
Բովանդակություն
1 | |
7 | |
Part II Vicious and virtuous sport | 87 |
Part III Sports ethics medicine and technology | 163 |
Notes | 206 |
References | 219 |
Index | 232 |