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| Preface: What Is a Philosophical Athlete? | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Discovering Your Self | |
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| Section Preview: "Know Thyself" | |
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| Discovering Yourself as Unique | |
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| Chapter Preview: The Art of Being Who You Are | |
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| Moments of Challenge: A Lived Question | |
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| Alone with Oneself | |
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| Confronting Oneself from the Inside-Out | |
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| Discovering Yourself as Embodied | |
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| Chapter Preview: My Body, My Mind, Myself | |
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| Athletic Bodies: From Divine Images to Lab Specimens | |
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| Have Athletes Lost Their Minds? | |
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| The Athlete's Embodied Self | |
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| Discovering Yourself as Free | |
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| Chapter Preview: The Experience of Freedom in Sport | |
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| Freedom from Physical Reality | |
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| Freedom from Psychological Limitations | |
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| Freedom Is a Matter of Choice | |
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| Taking Responsibility | |
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| Section Preview: "Choose Thyself" | |
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| Responsibility for Actions and Attitudes | |
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| Chapter Preview: Mind Games | |
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| Athletic Free Agency: Responsibility for Action | |
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| Adopting a Stance on Sport: Responsibility for Perception | |
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| Adopting a Stance on Oneself: Responsibility for Self | |
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| Taking Responsibility for Life and Death | |
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| Chapter Preview: Risking, Losing, Dying | |
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| Risking in Sport | |
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| Losing: A Metaphor for Death | |
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| Dying | |
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| Taking Responsibility for Values and a Meaning | |
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| Chapter Preview: Finding Meaning in the Athletic Life | |
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| Getting the Big Picture | |
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| Deciding What Matters: Purpose and Worth | |
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| Mapping Out a Meaningful Future | |
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| Showing Respect | |
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| Section Preview: The Ethics of Performance Enhancement | |
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| Showing Respect for Your Self | |
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| Chapter Preview: Victory and Virtue in Sports | |
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| Getting Clear About Goals (Head) | |
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| Motivation (Heart) | |
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| Discipline and Desire (Gut) | |
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| Showing Respect for Others | |
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| Chapter Preview: Sport, Violence, and Respect for Others | |
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| Competitors | |
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| Teammates | |
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| Coaches | |
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| Showing Respect for Your Sport | |
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| Chapter Preview: Can High-Tech Equipment Harm a Sport? | |
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| The Rules | |
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| The Culture | |
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| The Internal Goods | |
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| Working with Others | |
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| Section Preview: Drugs, Sport and the Just Society | |
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| Liberty and Authority | |
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| Chapter Preview: Freedom of Expression or Excessive Celebration? | |
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| Sport as a Social Contract | |
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| Negative Freedoms in Sport | |
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| An Athlete's Obligation to Sport | |
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| Equality and Difference | |
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| Chapter Preview: White Men Can't Jump? | |
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| Equality in Sports: Ideal and Real | |
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| The Hidden Power of Social Inequality | |
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| Equality in the Sports Contract | |
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| Fairness | |
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| Chapter Preview: Title IX | |
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| Fair Play in the Sports Contract | |
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| Rewards, Merit, and Entitlement | |
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| What Are the Limits of Fairness? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Index | |