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Sport, philosophy, and good lives / Randolph Feezell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Feezell, Randolph M., 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Philosophy.
- Sports.
- Sports--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Sportsmanship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- There's more to sports than the ethos of competition, entertainment, and commercialism expressed in popular media and discourse. Sport, Philosophy, and Good Lives 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 whom do we look for ethical guidance? What makes human activities or projects meaningful? Randolph Feezell examines these questions along with other relevant topics in the philosophy of sport such as the contribution of play to a meaningful life, the various reasons for pe
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Sport and good lives
- pt. 2. Sport and ethical guidance
- pt. 3. Sport and meaning.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781496211484
- 1496211480
- 9780803271654
- 0803271654
- OCLC:
- 842500449
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