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Sport, rules, and values : philosophical investigations into the nature of sport / Graham McFee.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ethics and sportPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004Description: x, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415322081
  • 9780415322089
  • 0415329647
  • 9780415329644
  • 0203299876
  • 9780203299876
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.01 22
LOC classification:
  • GV706 .M37 2004
Contents:
Definiteness and defining sport -- Rule-following and formalism in sport -- Rule-following and rule-formulations -- Practices and normativity in sport -- Aesthetic sports, publicity and judgement calls -- Principles and the application of rules -- Spoiling, cheating and playing the game -- The project of a moral laboratory: and particularism -- The value of sport -- Relativism, objectivity and truth -- --
Introduction: Sport, rules and values -- Pt. I. Rules in explaining sport -- 1. Definiteness and defining sport -- 2. Rule-following and formalism in sport -- 3. Rule-following and rule-formulations -- 4. Practices and normativity in sport -- Pt. II. Rules in judging sport -- 5. Aesthetic sports, publicity and judgement calls -- 6. Principles and the application of rules -- 7. Spoiling, cheating and playing the game -- Pt. III. Rules in valuing sport -- 8. The project of a moral laboratory; and particularism -- 9. The value of sport -- 10. Relativism, objectivity and truth -- Conclusion: Sport, rules and philosophy.
Review: "Sport, Rules and Values presents a philosophical perspective on some issues concerning the character of sport. Central questions for the text are motivated from 'real life' sporting examples, as described in newspaper reports. For instance, the (supposed) subjectivity of umpiring decisions is explored via an examination of the judging of ice-skating at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games of 2002. Throughout, the presentation is rich in concrete cases from sporting situations, including cricket, baseball, American football, and soccer."--Jacket.Review: "Sport, Rules and Values presents a philosophical perspective on some issues concerning the character of sport. Central questions for the text are motivated from 'real life' sporting examples, as described in newspaper reports. For instance, the (supposed) subjectivity of umpiring decisions is explored via an examination of the judging of ice-skating at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games of 2002. Throughout, the presentation is rich in concrete cases from sporting situations, including cricket, baseball, American football, and soccer."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Definiteness and defining sport -- Rule-following and formalism in sport -- Rule-following and rule-formulations -- Practices and normativity in sport -- Aesthetic sports, publicity and judgement calls -- Principles and the application of rules -- Spoiling, cheating and playing the game -- The project of a moral laboratory: and particularism -- The value of sport -- Relativism, objectivity and truth -- --

Introduction: Sport, rules and values -- Pt. I. Rules in explaining sport -- 1. Definiteness and defining sport -- 2. Rule-following and formalism in sport -- 3. Rule-following and rule-formulations -- 4. Practices and normativity in sport -- Pt. II. Rules in judging sport -- 5. Aesthetic sports, publicity and judgement calls -- 6. Principles and the application of rules -- 7. Spoiling, cheating and playing the game -- Pt. III. Rules in valuing sport -- 8. The project of a moral laboratory; and particularism -- 9. The value of sport -- 10. Relativism, objectivity and truth -- Conclusion: Sport, rules and philosophy.

"Sport, Rules and Values presents a philosophical perspective on some issues concerning the character of sport. Central questions for the text are motivated from 'real life' sporting examples, as described in newspaper reports. For instance, the (supposed) subjectivity of umpiring decisions is explored via an examination of the judging of ice-skating at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games of 2002. Throughout, the presentation is rich in concrete cases from sporting situations, including cricket, baseball, American football, and soccer."--Jacket.

"Sport, Rules and Values presents a philosophical perspective on some issues concerning the character of sport. Central questions for the text are motivated from 'real life' sporting examples, as described in newspaper reports. For instance, the (supposed) subjectivity of umpiring decisions is explored via an examination of the judging of ice-skating at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games of 2002. Throughout, the presentation is rich in concrete cases from sporting situations, including cricket, baseball, American football, and soccer."--BOOK JACKET.

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