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This is the first book-length treatment of the ethics of sport from a virtue theoretical stance, drawing upon ancient Greek sources and culminating in a critical consideration of the promises and dangers of biomedical technology in elite sports. Written by one of the world's foremost sports philosophers, it includes a wealth of contemporary sporting examples.

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This is the first book-length treatment of the ethics of sport from a virtue theoretical stance, drawing upon ancient Greek sources and culminating in a critical consideration of the promises and dangers of biomedical technology in elite sports. Written by one of the world's foremost sports philosophers, it includes a wealth of contemporary sporting examples.
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Mike McNamee is Reader in Philosophy, in the Department of Philosophy, History and Law in Healthcare, School of Health Science at Swansea University, Wales. He was formerly President of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport and the Founding Chair of the British Philosophy of Sport Association. He is series co-editor of Routledge's successful 'Ethics and Sport Series' and is Editor of the international journal Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.