| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 277 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Are there philosophical issues with respect to sport (other than ethical ones)? / Graham McFee -- Soft metaphysics : a precursor to good sports ethics / R. Scott Kretchmar -- Ethics and the double character of sport : an attempt to systematize discussion of the ethics of sport / Johan Steenbergen and Jan Tamboer -- Games, rules and contracts / Simon Eassom -- Fair play : historical anachronism or topical ideal? / Sigmund Loland -- 'Merely meat'? Respect for persons in sport and games / Cei Tuxill and Sheila Wigmore -- What moral educational significance has physical education? A question in need of disambiguation / David Carr -- Moral development research in sports and its quest for objectivity / Russell Gough -- Celebrating trust : virtues and rules in the ethical conduct of sports coaches / Mike McNamee -- Sport is for losers / Anthony Skillen -- Multinational sport and literary practices and their communities : the moral salience of cultural narratives / William J. Morgan -- Violence and aggression in contemporary sport / Jim Parry -- Cheating and self-deception in sport / Gordon Reddiford -- Private autonomy and public morality in sporting practices / Terence J. Roberts -- In the zone : Heidegger and sport / Paul Standish. |
| Summary |
The issues surrounding ethical controversies in sport have filled the media recently. This book by international experts in philosophy and philosophy of sport provides systematic treatment of the ethics of sport from a diverse perspective. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sports -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Sports -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
McNamee, M. J. (Mike J.)
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Parry, S. J. (S. Jim)
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| Cover Title |
Ethics & sport |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ethics and sport. London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 1998 0419215107 (DLC) 98193490 (OCoLC)39196935 |
| ISBN |
0203476646 (electronic book) |
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9780203476642 (electronic book) |
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020378488X (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780203784884 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780419215103 (paperback) |
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0419215107 (paperback) |
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