The Ethics of Sport: Essential Readings

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 baseball, corruption in college athletics, the epidemic of brain damage among NFL players, and others too numerous to mention. As a proxy for social concerns, we naturally think of sport in inherently moral terms. Yet we can hardly define the term"sport"� or agree on acceptable levels of sporting risk, or determine clear roles and responsibilities for fans, players, coaches, owners, media and health care personnel. Bringing together 27 of the most essential recent articles from philosophy, history, sociology, medicine, and law, this collection explores intersections of sports and ethics and brings attention to the immense role of sports in shaping and reflecting social values.Additional ISBNs9780190210991, 9780190211004The Ethics of Sport: Essential Readings 1st Edition is written by Arthur L. Caplan; Brendan Parent and published by Oxford University Press. ISBNs for The Ethics of Sport are 9780190631956, 0190631953 and the print ISBNs are 9780190210984, 0190210982. Additional ISBNs include 9780190210991, 9780190211004.