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Author:
Morgan, William J., 1948- author.
Title:
Sport and moral conflict : a conventionalist theory / William J. Morgan.
Publisher:
Temple University Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
x, 226 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Sports--Moral and ethical aspects.
Sports--History.
Sports--Sociological aspects.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The Fight for the Moral Soul of Modern Sport: Dueling Amateur and -- Professional Conceptions of Sport in the Early Modern Olympic Games, 1896- -- Formalism and Sport -- Broad Internalism, Moral Realism, and Sport: The Metaphysical Version -- Broad Internalism, Moral Realism, and Sport: The Discourse Version -- What A Conventionalist Ethical Theory of Sport Doesn't Look Like: -- The Case Against Coordinating, Deep, and Constitutive (Surface) Conventions -- A Conventionalist Ethical Theory of Sport -- Sport, Moral Progress, and Moral Entrepreneurs.
Summary:
"This book explores the dominant theories of ethics in sports, concluding that a conventionalist model is most defensible. It roots its inquiry in the collision of sporting ideologies in the early twentieth century's Olympic games where English and American ideas of sportsmanship highlighted differing approaches to fairness in sport"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1439915407
9781439915400
1439915393
9781439915394
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1121280227
LCCN:
2019029971
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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