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Fundamentals of Sports Ethics Gregg Twietmeyer

Fundamentals of Sports Ethics By Gregg Twietmeyer

Fundamentals of Sports Ethics by Gregg Twietmeyer


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Many students come into sports ethics courses with no previous exposure to academic philosophy. This book sets a serious philosophic foundation upon which readers can engage sport ethics. The book introduces basic philosophic contents that far too often sport philosophers take for granted and with which students struggle.

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Fundamentals of Sports Ethics by Gregg Twietmeyer

New Second Edition Coming Soon!

Many students come into sports ethics courses with no previous exposure to academic philosophy. As a result, students no longer have basic philosophic literacy.

The NEW second edition of Fundamentals of Sports Ethics sets a serious philosophic foundation upon which readers can engage sport ethics. The book introduces basic philosophic contents that far too often sport philosophers take for granted and with which students struggle.

Gregg Twietmeyer's Fundamentals of Sports Ethics:
  • Is written in a hybrid format that includes original narrative / prose on each topic.
  • Contains selections from philosophy, literature, and journalism.
  • Can be utilized with a myriad of sources and readings, including primary texts.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1 What is Ethics? Why Bother Studying Sport Ethics?
  • Foundational Concepts
  • Normative & descriptive ethical claims
  • Intrinsic and extrinsic goods
  • What is Ethics?
  • Ethics and other branches of philosophy
  • Why bother with sports ethics?
  • Sport and human culture
  • Just Win?
  • Sport is about the process not merely the product
  • There are many shared excellences in sport
  • Philosophic Selections
  • Suggested Readings
  • Bibliography
  • Chapter 2 Good and Evil in Sport
  • We Don't Live Compartmentalized Lives
  • There is More To Life than Practicalities
  • Moral Questions Abound in Sport
  • Accounts of Good and Evil
  • Transcendence
  • Hedonism
  • Good & evil as an illusion
  • Both Good and Evil Occur in Sport
  • Philosophic Selections
  • Suggested Readings
  • Bibliography
  • Chapter 3 Realism and Relativism in Sport
  • The Strengths of Relativism
  • Modesty, tolerance, and empiricism, oh my!
  • The Weaknesses of Relativism
  • Moral Realism is the Only Tenable Position
  • Why Does the Status of Moral Truth Matter to Athletes, Coaches, Administrators or Fans?
  • Philosophic Selections
  • Suggested Readings
  • Bibliography
  • Chapter 4 Utilitarianism
  • Bentham's Quantitative Hedonism
  • J.S. Mill's Qualitative Hedonism
  • Act versus Rule Utilitarianism
  • The Strengths of Utilitarianism
  • The Weaknesses of Utilitarianism
  • Utilitarian Responses
  • Utilitarianism & Sport
  • Philosophic Selections
  • Suggested Readings
  • Bibliography
  • Chapter 5 Deontological Ethics
  • Kant and the Categorical Imperative
  • Ross, Prima Facie Duties and Intuitionism
  • The Strengths of Deontological Ethics
  • The Weaknesses of Deontological Ethics
  • Deontologist Responses
  • Deontology and Sport?
  • The nature of sport?
  • Rule enforcement?
  • Philosophic Selections
  • Suggested Readings
  • Bibliography
  • Chapter 6 Virtue Ethics
  • Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
  • The Cardinal Virtues
  • The Strengths of Virtue Ethics
  • The Weaknesses of Virtue Ethics
  • Virtue Ethicist Responses
  • Virtue Ethics and Sport?
  • Philosophic Selections
  • Suggested Readings
  • Bibliography
  • Chapter 7 Why be Good?
  • The Ring of Gyges
  • Socrates' response
  • Tit- for-Tat
  • Plato & Singer: Is Justice Something We Serve or Merely Something We Use?
  • Why Be Good? and Sport
  • The practical implications of intrinsic and extrinsic accounts of justice
  • Transcendence and sport?
  • Philosophic Selections
  • Suggested Readings
  • Bibliography
  • Chapter 8 How Do We Promote Ethical Behavior?
  • Mediating Institutions
  • Solidarity & subsidiarity
  • The Strengths of Mediating Institutions
  • The Weaknesses of Mediating Institutions
  • Responses in Defense of Mediating Institutions
  • Solidarity, Subsidiarity, Mediating Institutions, Sport?
  • Sport, Philosophy and the Good Life
  • Philosophic Selections
  • Suggested Readings
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix
  • Index

Additional information

CIN1792412649VG
9781792412646
1792412649
Fundamentals of Sports Ethics by Gregg Twietmeyer
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
20200130
277
N/A
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