Why Sports Morally Matter
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Why Sports Morally Matter
β Scribed by William Morgan
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 273
- Series
- Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
- Edition
- New edition
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
When we accept that advertisers and sponsors dictate athletic schedules, that success in sport is measured by revenue, that athletesβ loyalties lie with their commercial agents instead of teams and that game rules exist to be tested and broken in the pursuit of a win, what does our regard for sport say about the moral and political well-being of our society?
Why Sports Morally Matter is a deeply critical examination of pressing ethical issues in sports β and in society as a whole. Exploring the broad historical context of modern America, William J. Morgan argues that the current state of sports is a powerful indictment of our wealth-driven society and hyper-individualistic way of life.
Taking on critics from all sides of the political debate, Morgan makes the case that, despite the negating effect of free market values, sport still possesses important features that encourage social, moral and political values crucial to the flourishing of a democratic polity. It is this potential to transform society and the individual that makes sport a key battleground in the struggle for the moral soul ofΒ twenty-first century America.
β¦ Table of Contents
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series-Title......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Series editors' preface......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
1. The state of play: A genealogy......Page 31
2. The moral case against contemporary American sports......Page 42
3. Taking the longer moral measure of sports......Page 68
4. Moral inquiry in sport: What counts as a moral consideration of sport?......Page 82
5. A short moral history of America......Page 112
6. A short moral history of American sports......Page 149
7. Progressive sport and progressive America: A dialectical summing up......Page 183
Notes......Page 231
Index......Page 259
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