McNamee, M. J. <br/><br/>
Sports, virtues and vices :  morality plays / 
Mike McNamee. 
 - x, 236 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index. 
<br/><br/>Ancient rituals and modern morality plays -- What is this thing called sport? -- Sports, persons and sportspersonship -- Sports as practices -- Sport and ethical development -- Codes of conduct and trustworthy coaches -- Racism, racist acts and courageous role models -- Hubris, humility and humiliation -- Schadenfreude : envy, justice and self-esteem -- Suffering in and for sport -- Doping : slippery slopes, pleonexia and shame -- Whose Prometheus? : transhumanism, biotechnology and the moral topography of sports medicine. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415194083 9780415194082 0415194091 9780415194099 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007047175 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sports--Moral and ethical aspects<br/>Sports--Philosophy<br/>Sportsmanship
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV706.3  / .M386 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>175