TY - BOOK AU - McNamee,M.J. TI - Sports, virtues and vices: morality plays SN - 0415194083 AV - GV706.3 .M386 2008 U1 - 175 22 PY - 2008/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Sports KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Philosophy KW - Sportsmanship N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index; 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 ER -