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Sport, Rules and Values - Philosophical Investigations into the Nature of Sport (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R2,514
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Sport, Rules and Values - Philosophical Investigations into the Nature of Sport (Paperback, New): Graham McFee

Sport, Rules and Values - Philosophical Investigations into the Nature of Sport (Paperback, New)

Graham McFee

Series: Ethics and Sport

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Sport, Rules and Values presents a philosophical perspective on issues concerning the character of sport. Discussion focuses on three broad uses commonly urged for rules: to define sport; to judge or assess sport performance; and to characterize the value of sport - especially if that value is regarded as moral value. In general, Sport, Rules and Values rejects a conception of the determinacy of rules as possible within sport (and a parallel picture of the determinacy assumed to be required by philosophy). Throughout, the presentation is rich in concrete cases from sport, including cricket, baseball, American football, soccer and ice-skating. Detailed consideration of some ideas from classics in the philosophy of sport, especially writings by Bernard Suits and William Morgan, contextualizes this discussion. Overall, this work exemplifies the dependence of philosophical considerations of sport on ideas from philosophy more generally. Thus it sketches, for example, the contrast between rules and principles, an account of the occasion-sensitivity of understanding, and the place of normative and motivating reasons within practical reasoning. Sport, Rules and Values represents a distinctive conception, both of sport and of its philosophical investigation, which will appeal to all those with an interest in philosophy and ethics of sport.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Ethics and Sport
Release date: November 2003
First published: March 2004
Authors: Graham McFee
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-32964-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General
Books > Philosophy > General
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LSN: 0-415-32964-7
Barcode: 9780415329644

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