Values in Sport (eBook, PDF)

Elitism, Nationalism, Gender Equality and the Scientific Manufacturing of Winners
Redaktion: Tamburrini, Claudio; Tännsjö, Torbjörn

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Some of the topics examined here, such as the genetic engineering of athletes, are being discussed for the first time, while others, such as sex segregation, nationalism and drug use, are being revisited. "Values in Sport" provides the reader with a deep insight into the moral and ethical value we place on sport in today's society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135803063
• Artikelnr.: 42977906

Autorenporträt

Claudio Tamburrini is a Senior Researcher at the Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University and the author of several international articles on issues of penal philosophy and sport philosophy. Torbjörn Tännsjö is Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University and has published extensively on moral philosophy, political philosophy and medical ethics.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Elitism 1. Is Our Admiration or Sports Heroes Fascistoid? Torbjorn
Tannsjo 2. Sports, Fascism and the Market Claudio Tamburrini 3. The Logic
of Progress and the Art of Moderation in Competitive Sports Sigmund
LolandPart II. Nationalism 4. Sports as the Moral Discourse of Nations
William J. Morgan 5. A Justification of Moderate Patriotism in Sport
Nicholas Dixon 6. Patriotism in Sports and in War Paul GombergPart III.
Gender Equality 7. Against Sexual Discrimination in Sports Torbjörn Tännsjö
8. Gender Verification in Competitive Sport: Turning from Research to
Action Berit Skirstad 9. On the Definition of 'Woman' in the Sport Context
- with an Appendix on Tännsjö's Radical Proposal Angela J. SchneiderPart
IV. The Rules of the Game 10. Against Chance: A Casual Theory of Winning in
Sports Gunnar Breivik 11. Justice and Game Advantage in Sporting Games
Sigmund Loland 12. Spoiling: An Indirect Reflection of Sport's Moral
Imperative Graham McFeePart V. The Scientific Manufacturing of Winners 13.
A Philosophical Overview of the Arguments on Banning Doping in Sport Angela
J. Schneider and Robert B. Butcher 14. What is Wrong With Doping? Claudio
Tamburrini 15. Selected Champions Christian Munthe