Sport, Philosophy, and Good Lives

Name: Sport, Philosophy, and Good Lives
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ISBN: 9780803271531

ISBN-10: 0803271530

ISBN-13: 9780803271531

Edition: 2013

Authors: Randolph Feezell

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There’s more to sports than the ethos of competition, entertainment, and commercialism expressed in popular media and discourse.Sport, Philosophy, and Good Livesdiscusses sport in the context of several traditional philosophical questions, including: What is a good human life and how does sport factor into it? To whom do we look for ethical guidance? What makes human activities or projects meaningful? Randolph Feezell examines these questions along with other relevant topics in the philosophy of sport such as the contribution of play to a meaningful life, the various reasons for pessimistic views of sport, the various claims that celebrated athletes are role models, and the…

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List price: $40.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 7/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.60" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction



Sport and Good Lives



A Pluralist Conception of Play



Sport, Vulnerability, and Unhappiness



Losing Is Like Death



The Pitfalls of Partisanship



Sport, Dirty Language, and Ethics



Sport and Ethical Guidance



Celebrated Athletes and Role Models



Coach as Sage



Sport and Meaning



Sport and the Question of the Meaning of Life



Meaning, Sport, and Deflationary Attitudes


Notes


Index