Trivino, J: Challenges of Modern Sport to Ethics
Format:
229x152x0 mm
Beschreibung:
The book attempts to provide a wide overview of key ethical matters in the philosophy of sport: What is fair play? Is strategic fouling legitimate? What is the role of cheating and gamesmanship in sport? What can be said about doping and physical enhancement? How can we approach gender issues that come from the core of the practice of sport? Does sport share any common characteristics, or even roots, with racism, violence or nationalism? Should cyborgathletes compete in equal conditions with organic athletes? What can we do with new technologies in sport? In the book there is an analyse of all possible solutions that the main authors or contemporary sport philosopher has brought forward on a topic, and after having laid out the current panorama, the author deal with each of them directly and personally.
This book could appeal to the reader who wants to enter the field of `official sport philosophy¿ but it is also interesting for those who are already part of the discussion and are looking for new arguments and points of view. In this sense, the book is written in a way that can perfectly be used by begginers in the topic, but can also be useful in discussions among researchers.
Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Moral value of sport: Fair play, Cheating, and strategic intentional foulsChapter 3: DopingChapter 4: Sport and sexual discriminationChapter 5: Sport, war and violenceChapter 6: Sport, politics, and nationalismChapter 7: Technological advances and future challenges of sportConclusionsBibliography