Sports, virtues and vices : morality plays / Mike McNamee.
| Author/creator | McNamee, M. J. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, 2008. |
| Description | x, 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007047175 |
| ISBN | 9780415194082 |
| ISBN | 0415194083 |
| ISBN | 9780415194099 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0415194091 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780203090107 (electronic file) |
| ISBN | 0203090101 (electronic file) |