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Sport, philosophy, and good lives /

There's more to sports than the ethos of competition, entertainment, and commercialism expressed in popular media and discourse. This book discusses sport in the context of several traditional philosophical questions, including: What is a good human life and how does sport factor into it? To wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Feezell, Randolph M., 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Sport and Good Lives. A Pluralist Conception of Play ; Sport, Vulnerability, and Unhappiness ; Losing Is Like Death ; The Pitfalls of Partisanship ; Sport, Dirty Language, and Ethics
  • Sport and Ethical Guidance. Celebrated Athletes and Role Models ; Coach as Sage
  • Sport and Meaning. Sport and the Question of the Meaning of Life ; Meaning, Sport, and Deflationary Attitudes.