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The Ethics of Sport

The Ethics of Sport Essential Readings

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Publisher's Synopsis

Sport is often thought of as simply "games," but it can in fact be much more. Sport can be responsible for guiding social justice movements, igniting city-wide riots, uniting countries, permanently injuring youth, revolutionizing views about race, gender and class, and producing several of the most successful global industries. Reports of ethical crises in athletics are constant fodder for popular attention, whether performance enhancing drugs in baseball, corruption in college athletics, the epidemic of brain damage among NFL players, and others too numerous to mention. As a proxy for social concerns, we naturally think of sport in inherently moral terms. Yet we can hardly define the term "sport," or agree on acceptable levels of sporting risk, or determine clear roles and responsibilities for fans, players, coaches, owners, media and health care personnel. Bringing together 27 of the most essential recent articles from philosophy, history, sociology, medicine, and law, this collection explores intersections of sports and ethics and brings attention to the immense role of sports in shaping and reflecting social values.

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Oxford University Press

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Book information

ISBN: 9780190210991
Publisher: OUP USA
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 796.01
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 544
Weight: 866g
Height: 156mm
Width: 235mm
Spine width: 42mm