Sports, Virtues and Vices: Morality Plays

by Mike J. Mcnamee

Book Overview

Sports have long played an important role in society. By exploring the evolving link between sporting behaviour and the prevailing ethics of the time this comprehensive and wide-ranging study illuminates our understanding of the wider social significance of sport.

The primary aim of Sports, Virtues and Vices is to situate ethics at the heart of sports via 'virtue ethical' considerations that can be traced back to the gymnasia of ancient...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415194091
• ISBN13: 9780415194099
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"