Values in sport : elitism, nationalism, gender equality, and the scientific manufacture of winners / edited by Torbjorn Tannsjo and Claudio Tamburrini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tännsjö, Torbjörn, 1946-

Tamburrini, Claudio Marcello.

Series:

Ethics and sport.

Ethics and sport

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Moral and ethical aspects.

Sports.

Sports--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

viii, 246 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How will sport keep pace with current scientific and biological advances? Is the possibility of the 'bionic athlete' that far away and is this notion as bad as it might first appear? Is our fascination with sport winners fascistoid? Questions such as these and many others are posed and examined by the contributors to this volume. Some are sceptical of future developments in sport and demand radical reforms to halt progress, others are more optimistic and propose that sport should adapt to new advances just as other realms of the cultural sphere have to. Some of the topics examined here, such as the genetic engineering of athletes, and the significance of the public's fascination with sport winners, are being discussed for the first time, whilst others such as sex segregation, nationalism and doping are being revisited and reintroduced onto the agenda after a period of suggestive silence. This book provides the reader with a deep insight into the moral and ethical value we place on sport in today's society. Challenging and demanding, its contributors urge us to think again about current sports practices and the future of sport as a cultural phenomenon.

Contents:

chapter Introduction

chapter 1 Is it fascistoid to admire sports heroes? / Torbjorn Tannsjo

chapter 2 Sports, fascism and the market CLAUDIO M. TA MBURRINI / Claudio M.Tamburrini

chapter 3 The logic of progress and the art of moderation in competitive sports / Sigmund Loland

chapter 4 Sports as the moral discourse of nations / William J. Morgan

chapter 5 A justification of moderate patriotism in sport / Nicholas Dixon

chapter 6 Patriotism in sports and in war / Paul Gomberg

chapter 7 Against sexual discrimination in sports / Torbjorn Tannsjo

chapter 8 Gender verification in competitive sport: turning from research to action BERIT SKIRS TA D

Turning from research to action / Berit Skirstad

chapter 9 On the definition of woman in the sport context / Angela J. Schneider

chapter 10 Against chance

A causal theory of winning in sport / Gunnar Breivik

chapter 11 Justice and game advantage in sporting games / Sigmund Loland

chapter 12 Spoiling

An indirect reflection of sport's moral imperative? / Graham McFee

chapter 13 A philosophical overview of the arguments on banning doping in sport / Angela J. Schneider

chapter 14 What's wrong with doping? / Claudio M.Tamburrini

chapter 15 Selected champions

Making winners in the age of genetic technology / Christian Munthe.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-80305-6

1-135-80306-4

1-280-71963-X

0-203-18469-6

9780203184691

OCLC:

232160896