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Title:
Ethics and sport
Publication Information:
London, ENK ; New York : E & FN Spon, 1998.
Physical Description:
xix, 277 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780419215103

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Summary

Summary

The issues surrounding ethical controversies in sport are often touched on in the popular media. This book by leading international scholars in philosophy and the philosophy of sport provides systematic treatment of the ethics of sport from a range of perspectives.

Part one includes essays which focus on the basis of sport as an activity that is inherently ethical. Part two concerns the nature of the oft-heard but seldom-clarified notion of fair play. Three essays are included which articulate substantively different interpretations of the concept all of which have different allegiances in ethical theory and practical consequences. Part three deals with ethical questions in physical education and coaching, and Part four, on contemporary issues, includes essays which focus on topics such as violence, conflict and deception.
This book is accessible to a wide range of teachers and students in the field of sport and leisure studies. Contributions from international, highly regarded experts in the field to provide the reader with the systematic treatment of the ethics in sport from a diverse perspective.


Author Notes

M.J. McNamee


Table of Contents

Part One Theoretical preliminaries
Are there philosophical issues in respect of sport (other than ethical ones?)
Ethics and the double-character of sport: final attempt to systematize the discussion on the ethics of sport
Part Two Fair play and sporting behaviour
'Fair game': rules, rawls and the limits of contractarian ethics in delinating the morality of game playing
'Fair play': historical anachronism or topical ideal?
Merely meat: respect for persons in sports and game
Part Three Ethics and continental philosophy
Spor a way to the authentic self
In the zone: Heidegger and sport
Phenomenology and sport
Part Four Ethical issues in physical education and the coaching of sports
The moral significance of physical education: anatomy of a problem
Moral development researcher's quest for objectivity: on whether the judgement-passi hurdle can be cleared
Physical education, morality and emotional development
Part Five Ethical issues in contemporary sports
Multinational sports and literary practices and their communities: as essay on the moral salience of cultural narratives
Cheating and self-deception on sport
Sport is for losers
Must we prohibit violence and violent sports?
'How far can you go?' supererogatory acts and the limits of the sporting ethos
Index