Sports, virtues and vices : morality plays / Mike McNamee.

Author/creator McNamee, M. J.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Descriptionx, 236 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and index.
LCCN 2007047175
ISBN9780415194082
ISBN0415194083
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