Sports, virtues and vices: morality plays
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Main Author: McNamee, Mike 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London [u.a.] Routledge 2008
Edition:1. publ.
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and index
Ancient rituals and modern morality plays -- What is this thing called sport? -- Sports, persons and sportspersonship -- Sports as practices -- Sport and ethical development -- Codes of conduct and trustworthy coaches -- Racism, racist acts and courageous role models -- Hubris, humility and humiliation -- Schadenfreude : envy, justice and self-esteem -- Suffering in and for sport -- Doping : slippery slopes, pleonexia and shame -- Whose Prometheus? : transhumanism, biotechnology and the moral topography of sports medicine
Physical Description:X, 236 S.
ISBN:9780415194099
9780415194082
0415194091
0415194083