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" Sports, virtues and vices : "
Mike McNamee.
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BL
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1042124
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b796494
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| Main Entry
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McNamee, M. J., (Mike J.)
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Sports, virtues and vices : : morality plays /\ Mike McNamee.
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2008.
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x, 236 pages ;; 25 cm
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0203090101
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: 0415194083
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: 0415194091
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: 9780203090107
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: 9780415194082
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: 9780415194099
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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The primary aim of this book is to situate ethics at the heart of sports via 'virtue ethical' considerations that can be traced back to the gymnasia of ancient Greece.
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Sports-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Sports-- Philosophy.
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Sportsmanship.
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Ethik
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Sport
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Sports-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Sports-- Philosophy.
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Sportsmanship.
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| Dewey Classification
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175
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GV706.3.M386 2008
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ZX 7070rvk
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