Sport, rules, and values : philosophical investigations into the nature of sport / Graham McFee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McFee, Graham.

Series:

Ethics and Sport

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Philosophy.

Sports.

Sports--Rules.

Sports--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Summary:

Sport, Rules and Values presents a philosophical perspective on issues concerning the character of sport. Discussion focuses on three broad uses commonly urged for rules: to define sport; to judge or assess sport performance; and to characterize the value of sport - especially if that value is regarded as moral value. In general, Sport, Rules and Values rejects a conception of the determinacy of rules as possible within sport (and a parallel picture of the determinacy assumed to be required by philosophy). Throughout, the presentation is rich in concrete cases from sport, inc

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Sport, rules and values; Organization of the text; Some central ideas for this text; Hope for a philosophy of sport?; A view of philosophy?; The audience for this work; PART I Rules in explaining sport; 1 Definiteness and defining sport; The issues; Why define?; A definition (of sport) is neither possible nor desirable; Mistakenly thinking one has a definition; Rule-following and definition; The philosophical point (or lack of it) of definition; What is in common?; 2 Rule-following and formalism in sport

Formalism: explaining sport in terms of rules?Criticisms: the adequacy of formalism?; Some defence of formalism; Constitutive and regulative uses of rules; Some general considerations about rule-following; Some implications for formalism; An occasion-sensitive view of meaning and understanding; Rule-following and understanding; 3 Rule-following and rule-formulations; Formalism extended: the idea of more kinds of rules; Alternatives to formalism - the ethoi position; Two versions of ethos account; Ethos: a normative account; Rules and the purposes of sport; More fundamental criticisms

Rules and rule-formulations4 Practices and normativity in sport; A view of practices; Ethos, practice and normativity; Customs and rules; Conclusion to Part I; PART II Rules in judging sport; 5 Aesthetic sports, publicity and judgement calls; Just about every call is a judgement call; Two kinds of sports?; What is subjectivity?; Two bad arguments for the subjectivity of judgements; Objectivity and options; Aesthetic sports: the importance of judgement; 6 Principles and the application of rules; The need to apply the rules (even for purposive sports); Some cases?; Principles and discretion

A parallel: the moral reading of the American Constitution?7 Spoiling, cheating and playing the game; Spoiling - 'legal' cheating; The spoiling example; The issue of generality; Finding the real rules?; Some other cases; Cheating and rule-following; What is wrong with cheating?; Why obey rules?; Conclusion to Part II: the moral imperative is intrinsic; PART III Rules in valuing sport; 8 The project of a moral laboratory; and particularism; Sport's moral dimension?; Explanations and qualifications; The argument; Investigation of the premises; Particularism and moral judgement

Thinking about the moral laboratoryProblem: the moral nature of sport?; Outcomes; 9 The value of sport; Reasons for participation in sport; Normative and motivating reasons; Normative reasons, rules and sport; The persistence of value; The remaking of value-formulations; 10 Relativism, objectivity and truth; The denial of the coherence of relativism; The postmodern challenge: incredulity towards metanarratives; Understanding and the concrete; The postmodern challenge II: reason and science; One sporting world?; Conclusion: Sport, rules and philosophy; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-196) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-07946-0

1-134-33015-4

0-203-29987-6

0-203-68560-1

1-283-58499-9

9786613897442

1-134-33016-2

9780203299876

OCLC:

252936857