Modern Sports Ethics: A Reference Handbook Available to Purchase

While the Ancient Greeks raised philosophical questions regarding the body/mind relationship and its education, recent thinkers have turned their attention to ethical issues surrounding modern sport and this is the primary concern of this reference work.

Section One provides an historical introduction to ethical themes with paragraphs devoted to violence, eligibility, elimination, cheating, gambling, performance enhancing drugs, programmes to develop moral values and ways of resolving dilemmas faced by modern sportsmen and women. Section Two focuses in more detail on some of these problems, controversies and solutions. Section Three turns attention to global issues such as amateurism, nationalism, racism, sexism...