This is the first book-length treatment of the ethics of sport from a virtue theoretical stance, drawing upon ancient Greek sources and culminating in a critical consideration of the promises and dangers of biomedical technology in elite sports. Written by one of the world's foremost sports philosophers, it includes a wealth of contemporary sporting examples.
This is the first book-length treatment of the ethics of sport from a virtue theoretical stance, drawing upon ancient Greek sources and culminating in a critical consideration of the promises and dangers of biomedical technology in elite sports. Written by one of the world's foremost sports philosophers, it includes a wealth of contemporary sporting examples.
Mike McNamee is Reader in Philosophy, in the Department of Philosophy, History and Law in Healthcare, School of Health Science at Swansea University, Wales. He was formerly President of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport and the Founding Chair of the British Philosophy of Sport Association. He is series co-editor of Routledge's successful 'Ethics and Sport Series' and is Editor of the international journal Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents Introduction Ancient rituals and modern morality plays PART I Sports, Persons and Ethical Sport Chapter 1 What is this thing called sport? Chapter 2 Sports, persons and sportspersonship Chapter 3 Sports as practices Chapter 4 Sport and ethical development PART II Vicious and Virtuous Sport Chapter 5 Codes of conduct and trustworthy coaches Chapter 6 Racism, racist acts and courageous role models Chapter 7 Hubris, humility and humiliation Chapter 8 Schadenfreude: envy, justice and self-esteem PART III Sports Ethics, Medicine and Technology Chapter 9 Suffering in and for sport Chapter 10 Doping: slippery slopes, pleonexia and shame Chapter 11 Whose Prometheus? Transhumanism, Biotechnology and the moral topography of sports medicine
Contents Introduction Ancient rituals and modern morality plays PART I Sports, Persons and Ethical Sport Chapter 1 What is this thing called sport? Chapter 2 Sports, persons and sportspersonship Chapter 3 Sports as practices Chapter 4 Sport and ethical development PART II Vicious and Virtuous Sport Chapter 5 Codes of conduct and trustworthy coaches Chapter 6 Racism, racist acts and courageous role models Chapter 7 Hubris, humility and humiliation Chapter 8 Schadenfreude: envy, justice and self-esteem PART III Sports Ethics, Medicine and Technology Chapter 9 Suffering in and for sport Chapter 10 Doping: slippery slopes, pleonexia and shame Chapter 11 Whose Prometheus? Transhumanism, Biotechnology and the moral topography of sports medicine
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