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A glance at the daily newspaper reveals a myriad of moral imperfections in sport. Stories on drug use, violence, scandals, and unethical practices are nearly as common as recaps of the previous day's game. > Ethics in Sport> examines these and other key issues. It is the finest and most comprehensive literature to date on the ethical issues confronting sport in contemporary society.The text, edited by William J. Morgan, PhD, Klaus V. Meier, PhD, and Angela J. Schneider, PhD, is a collection of works by world-renowned scholars. The book includes--an examination of good sportsmanship, fair play, and cheating and their true places in today's sport environment;-an ethical exploration of the most dominant, moral controversy in sport today - performance-enhancing drugs;-a review of gender equity and identity in modern-day sport, including a look into the strides that women have made and the male "paternalism" of sport that may hinder future progress;-an overview of animal rights in sport and the moral and ethical issues of exploiting, maiming, and even killing animals in the name of sport;-a look into sport's influence on society;-an assessment of violence in sport and its threat to the moral social fiber; and-an evaluation of whether sport still teaches values that are vital and beneficial.Part I,"Fair Play, Being a Good Sport, and Cheating: At What Price Victory?", is a survey and analysis of the debate on good sportsmanship and cheating. It examines the issues of competition, good sportsmanship, and the potential tolls of a "win-at-all-costs" attitude in sport. It also provides the reader with an overview of the different character traits found in sport as well as an examination of the moral character and integrity of competitive sport and proper conduct within sport.Part II,"The Limits of Being Human: The Case of Performance-Enhancing Drugs, " explores the issues surrounding the most dominant, moral controversy regarding sport today - athletes' use of performance-enhancing drugs. The editors raise many questions about the human character and the range of harm done to the doping athlete, the non-doping athlete, and society. Two very critical and controversial topics associated with the issue are closely analyzed: the price of the pursuit of athletic excellence and enforced drug testing to detect the presence of performance-enhancing or recreational drug use.Part III,"Women in Sport: Gender Equity and Gender Identity, " covers the topic of equal opportunity for women in sport. Discussions focus on how to best achieve equality in sport, the moral soundness of remedies already in place, and the difficulty women encounter in establishing an athletic identity of their own.Part IV,"Animals and Their Use in Sport: Where Do We Draw the Moral Line?", is a mostly-ignored, ethically challenging topic covered in > Ethics in Sport> . Many questions are raised regarding humanity's moral responsibilities to animals in sport. Animals are often exploited, maimed, and even killed in the name of sport. Central questions surrounding whether animals have any moral interests or rights are addressed in this section.Part V,"The Social Ethics of Sport: Is Sport Good for Society?", reviews the overall concern of whether sport is good for society. The section introduces some of the major social criticisms of sport including violence in sport and sport heroism.

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• Part I Metaethical Considerations of Sport
• Chapter 1 The Nature of Sport
• Chapter 2 Games and the Good
• Chapter 3 Internalism and Internal Values in Sport
• Chapter 4 Broad Internalism and the Moral Foundations of Sport
• Chapter 5 The View From Nowhere
• Chapter 6 Why the "View From Nowhere" Gets Us Nowhere in our Moral Considerations of Sport I. Competition and Fair Play: Considerations of Winning, Cheating, and Gamesmanship
• Chapter 7 The Meaning of Sport: Competition As a Form of Language
• Chapter 8 Fair Play As Respect for the Game
• Chapter 9 Sportsmanship As a Moral Category
• Chapter 10 Sportsmanship
• Chapter 11 On Winning and Athletic Superiority
• Chapter 12 In Defense of Competition and Winning: Revisiting Athletic Tests and Contests
• Chapter 13 Some Reflections on Success and Failure in Competitive Athletics
• Chapter 14 Cheating and Fair Play in Sport
• Chapter 15 Intentional Rule Violations-One More Time
• Chapter 16 The Ethics of Strategic Fouling: A Reply to Fraleigh
• Part III The Limits of Being Human: Doping and Genetic Enhancement in Sport
• Chapter 17 Listening to Steroids
• Chapter 18 Good Competitioin and Drug-Enhanced Performance
• Chapter 19 Paternalism, Drugs, and the Nature of Sports
• Chapter 20 Sports and Drugs: Are the Current Bans Justified?
• Chapter 21 Selected Champions: Making Winners in the Age of Genetic Technology
• Chapter 22 After Doping, What? The Morality of the Genetic Engineering of Athletes
• Part IV Gender and Sexual Equality in Sport
• Chapter 23 Sex Equality in Sport
• Chapter 24 Women, Sex, and Sports
• Chapter 25 Title IX: Equality for Women's Sports?
• Chapter 26 Being and Playing: Sport and the Valorization of Gender
• Chapter 27 Against Sexual Discrimination in Sports
• Part V Select Issues in the Social Ethics of Sport: Violence, Exploitation, Race, Spectatorship, and Disability
• Chapter 28 The Exploitation of the Student Athlete
• Chapter 29 Violence in Sport
• Chapter 30 Boxing, Paternalism, and Legal Moralism
• Chapter 31 Darwin's Athletes: A Review Essay
• Chapter 32 Sports, Political Philosophy, and the African American
• Chapter 33 Is Our Admiration for Sports Heroes Fascistoid?
• Chapter 34 The Ethics of Supporting Sports Teams
• Chapter 35 Convention and Competence: Disability Rights in Sports and Education

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CHOICE Review

This volume is a compilation of 29 articles, mostly from professional journals, from 1964 to 1999, subdivided into five sections on (1) fair play, being a good sport, and cheating; (2) performance-enhancing drugs; (3) gender equity and gender identity; (4) animals in sports; and (5) whether sport is good for society. Each section is preceded by several pages of introductory comment by editors Morgan (Univ. of Tennessee) and Meier and Schneider (both Univ. of Western Ontario). Although this reviewer might quibble with claims made by some authors, the arguments presented are sufficiently varied to allow one to develop a perspective on endless aspects of ethical behavior. Most of the articles contain substantial bibliographies to assist additional exploration. Some, however, rely excessively on secondary sources. An introductory course in ethics would be useful as a prerequisite to the use of this compilation as an undergraduate text. Sans such introduction, this volume could supplement a more formal treatment of the subject. Although the editors are identified as to affiliation, the authors of the various articles are not. Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students; professionals and practitioners. W. F. Gustafson emeritus, San Jose State University