Ethics in Sport

517 Pages·2007·23.409 MB·English

by  William Morgan

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Ethics in sport / editor, William J. Morgan. — 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-6428-6 (hard cover)
ISBN-10: 0-7360-6428-1 (hardcover)
1. Sports-Moral and ethical aspects-United States. 2. Sports-Social aspects—United
States. I. Morgan, William John, 1948-
GV706.3.E86 2007
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2006035639
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CONTENTS
Preface.xi
Ethics, Ethical Inquiry, and Sport: An Introduction.xiii
PART I Metaethical Considerations of Sport . . 1
Chapter 1 The Elements of Sport.9
Bernard Suits
Chapter 2 Games and the Good .21
Thomas Hurka
Chapter 3 Internalism and Internal Values in Sport.35
Robert L. Simon
Chapter 4 Broad Internalism and the
Moral Foundations of Sport.51
J.S. Russell
Chapter 5 Sport and the View From Nowhere.67
Randolph Feezell
Chapter 6 Why the "View From Nowhere"
Gets Us Nowhere in Our
Moral Considerations of Sport.85
William J. Morgan
v
vi Contents
PART II Competition and Fair Play:
Considerations of Winning,
Cheating, and Gamesmanship .... 103
Chapter 7 The Meaning of Sport: Competition
As a Form of Language.109
Paul Caffney
Chapter 8 Fair Play As Respect for the Game.119
Robert Butcher and Angela Schneider
Chapter 9 Sportsmanship As a Moral Category.141
James W. Keating
Chapter 10 Sportsmanship.153
Randolph M. Feezell
Chapter 11 On Winning and Athletic Superiority.165
Nicholas Dixon
Chapter 12 In Defense of Competition and Winning:
Revisiting Athletic Tests and Contests.181
Scott Kretchmar and Tim Elcombe
Chapter 13 Some Reflections on Success and
Failure in Competitive Athletics.195
Edwin J. Delattre
Chapter 14 Cheating and Fair Play in Sport.201
Oliver Learn an
Chapter 15 Intentional Rules Violations—One More Time . . 209
Warren P. Fraleigh
Contents Vll
Chapter 16 The Ethics of Strategic Fouling:
A Reply to Fraleigh.219
Robert L. Simon
PART III The Limits of Being Human:
Doping and Genetic Enhancement
in Sport.229
Chapter 17 Fistening to Steroids.235
John Hoberman
Chapter 18 Good Competition and
Drug-Enhanced Performance.245
Robert L. Simon
Chapter 19 Paternalism, Drugs, and the Nature of Sports . . 253
W.M. Brown
Chapter 20 Sports and Drugs:
Are the Current Bans Justified?.263
Michael Lav in
Chapter 21 Selected Champions: Making Winners
in the Age of Genetic Technology.273
Christian Munthe
Chapter 22 After Doping, What? The Morality
of the Genetic Engineering of Athletes.285
Claudio Tamburrini
viii Contents
PART IV Gender and Sexual Equality
in Sport.299
Chapter 23 Sex Equality in Sports.303
Jane English
Chapter 24 Women, Sex, and Sports.309
Raymond A. Belliotti
Chapter 25 Title IX: Equality for Women's Sports?.315
Leslie R Francis
Chapter 26 Being and Playing: Sport
and the Valorization of Gender.331
Leslie A. Howe
Chapter 27 Against Sexual Discrimination in Sports.347
Torbjorn Tannsjo
PART V Select Issues in the Social Ethics of
Sport: Violence, Exploitation, Race,
Spectatorship, and Disability.359
Chapter 28 The Exploitation of Student Athletes.365
Alan Wertheimer
Chapter 29 Violence in Sports.379
Robert L. Simon
Chapter 30 Boxing, Paternalism, and Legal Moralism .... 389
Nicholas Dixon
Chapter 31 Darwin's Athletes: A Review Essay.407
John Valentine
Contents ix
Chapter 32 Sports, Political Philosophy,
and the African American.415
Gerald Early
Chapter 33 Is Our Admiration
for Sports Heroes Fascistoid?.429
Torbjorn Tannsjo
Chapter 34 The Ethics of Supporting Sports Teams.441
Nicholas Dixon
Chapter 35 Convention and Competence:
Disability Rights in Sports and Education .... 451
Anita Silvers and David Wasserman
Index.461
About the Editor.473