Fair Play The Ethics of Sport

Name: Fair Play The Ethics of Sport
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ISBN: 9780813343686

ISBN-10: 0813343682

ISBN-13: 9780813343686

Edition: 3rd 2010

Authors: Robert L. Simon, Peter F. Hager, Cesar R. Torres

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"Fair Play" explores broad issues in the philosophy of sport by examining the ethical presuppositions of competitive athletics and their connections to moral and ethical theory. Professor Simon develops a model of athletic competition as a "mutually acceptable quest for excellence," and applies that model to such topics as the emphasis on winning, the conflict between equality and excellence in athletics, the use of performance enhancing drugs, violence, sex equality, and the role of sport in our educational institutions. The discussion of each topic deals with examples from the world of sport and illuminates them in light of philosophical work on such values as fairness, justice,…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 7/27/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface



Introduction: The Ethics of Sport



Competition in Athletics: Is it Morally Defensible?



Sportsmanship, Fairness, and Competition in Sport



Drugs, Genes, and Enhancing Performance in Sport



Gender Equity in Sport: What Does Justice Require?



Sports on Campus: Intercollegiate Sports and Their Critics



The Commercialization of Sport: Marketing and Corruption in Competitive Athletics



Sports, Moral Education, and Social Responsibility


Notes


Index