The Ethics of Sport: Essential Readings

by Arthur L. Caplan

Book Overview

Sport is often thought of as simply "games," but it can in fact be much more. Sport can be responsible for guiding social justice movements, igniting city-wide riots, uniting countries, permanently injuring youth, revolutionizing views about race, gender and class, and producing several of the most successful global industries. Reports of ethical crises in athletics are constant fodder for popular attention, whether performance enhancing drugs in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190210990
• ISBN13: 9780190210991
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"