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Ethics in Sport

Ethics in Sport

by William J J. Morgan

Published by: Human Kinetics

Imprint: Human Kinetics

480 Pages, 178.00 × 254.00 mm

Paperback
9781492556763
Published: November 2017

£68.00

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Ethical and moral dilemmas in sport have not diminished since Ethics in Sport was last published. The need to understand and confront such issues is at a premium, and this latest edition of Ethics in Sport will ground readers in the issues and the stakes involved.

Ethics in Sport has long been known as a go-to source that tackles the moral and ethical issues in today's sport culture. This third edition retains many of the previous editions' thoughtful and timeless pieces, which speak directly to current issues, while adding 17 new essays to the mix. The inclusion of these new essays reflects the increasing sophistication of the philosophy of sport literature as well as the growth in the field.

Together, these essays from well-known authors give students classic and contemporary views of topics where sports and ethics collide.

This sweeping anthology of relevant and cutting-edge essays covers a variety of topics, including doping, the use of technology, gender controversies, and much more. The book is organized into five parts, with part I looking at the nature of sport, including its internal values and moral foundations. Part II investigates competition and fair play, including aspects of sportsmanship, winning, cheating, and gamesmanship. Part III examines doping and genetic enhancement in sport, including gene doping, "mechanical doping," and drug-enhanced performance. In part IV the essays explore gender and sexual equality in sport, including sex segregation and the concept of gender equality. Part V delves into issues of race, spectatorship, and politics, investigating political philosophy as it applies to sports, the fascination with sports heroes, and the ethics of supporting teams.

Ethics in Sport, Third Edition, comes with an instructor guide that includes a sample syllabus, sample assignment topics, and answers to the discussion questions to facilitate class conversations. It also offers suggested class assignments for each of the five parts in the book to spur deeper discussion and understanding of the ethical issues presented in the book.

With its wealth of new essays, Ethics in Sport keeps you abreast of current ethical issues in sport. As such, this text is ideal for courses in sport ethics and ethics in sport and philosophy. It is also useful as a reference for scholars, researchers, ethicists, sociologists, and philosophers of sport.

Part I. The Nature of Sport

Chapter 1. The Elements of Sport

Bernard Suits

Chapter 2. Thoughts on the Nature of Sport (and the Philosophy of Sport)

Graham McFee

Chapter 3. Internalism and Internal Values in Sport

Robert L. Simon

Chapter 4. Broad Internalism and the Moral Foundations of Sport

J.S. Russell

Chapter 5. The Normativity of Sport: A Historicist Take on Broad Internalism

William J. Morgan

Part II. Competition and Fair Play: Considerations of Winning, Cheating, and Gamesmanship

Chapter 6. Sportsmanship as a Moral Category

James W. Keating

Chapter 7. Sportsmanship

Randolph M. Feezell

Chapter 8. On Winning and Athletic Superiority

Nicholas Dixon

Chapter 9. Cheating and Fair Play in Sport

Oliver Leaman

Chapter 10. In Defense of Maradona's Hand of God

Steffen Borge

Chapter 11. Gamesmanship

Leslie A. Howe

Chapter 12. Moral Victories

Paul Gaffney

Chapter 13. Play and the Moral Limits of Sport

J.S. Russell

Chapter 14. What Counts as Part of a Game? A Look at Skills

Cesar R. Torres

Chapter 15. Intentional Rule Violations—One More Time

Warren P. Fraleigh

Chapter 16. The Ethics of Strategic Fouling: A Reply to Fraleigh

Robert L. Simon

Part III. The Limits of Being Human: Doping and Genetic Enhancement in Sport

Chapter 17. Cops and Robbers? The Roots of Anti-Doping Policies in Olympic Sports

Ian Ritchie

Chapter 18. Ethics of Technology in Sport

Sigmund Loland

Chapter 19. Good Competition and Drug-Enhanced Performance

Robert L. Simon

Chapter 20. Paternalism, Drugs, and the Nature of Sports

W.M. Brown

Chapter 21. Ethics of Performance Enhancement in Sport: Drugs and Gene Doping

Bennett Foddy and Julian Savulescu

Chapter 22. Doping, "Mechanical Doping," and Local Essentialism in the Individuation of Sports

Jon Pike

Chapter 23. The Case for Perfection

W. Miller Brown

Part IV. Gender and Sexual Equality in Sport

Chapter 24. Sex Equality in Sports

Jane English

Chapter 25. Mixed Competition and Mixed Messages

Pam R. Sailors

Chapter 26. The Genetic Design of a New Amazon

Claudio Tamburrini and Torbjörn Tännsjö

Chapter 27. What Is Gender Equality in Sports?

Simona Giordano and John Harris

Part V. Select Issues in the Social Ethics of Sport: Race, Spectatorship, and Politics

Chapter 28. Sports, Political Philosophy, and the African American

Gerald Early

Chapter 29. Is Our Admiration of Sports Heroes Fascistoid?

Torbjörn Tännsjö

Chapter 30. What's Wrong With Admiring Athletes and Other People?

Ingmar Persson

Chapter 31. The Ethics of Supporting Sports Teams

Nicholas Dixon

Chapter 32. Not Crickets? Ethics, Rhetoric and Sporting Boycotts

Edmund Dain and Gideon Calder