Modern Sport Ethics: A Reference Handbook - Angela Lumpkin

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Auteur(s) : Angela Lumpkin

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 31/10/2023

Nombre de pages : 416

Expédition : 454

Dimensions : 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5

ISBN : 9798765115114

Résumé :

The descriptions and examples of unethical behaviors in sport in this book will challenge readers to rethink how they view sport and question whether participating in sport builds character-especially at the youth and amateur levels.

Sport potentially can teach character as well as social and moral values, but only when these positive concepts are consistently taught, modeled, and reinforced by sport leaders with the moral courage to do so. The seeming moral crisis threatening amateur and youth sport-evidenced by athletes, coaches, and parents alike making poor ethical choices-and ongoing scandals regarding performance-enhancing drug use by professional athletes make sports ethics a topic of great concern. This work enables readers to better understand the ethical challenges facing competitive sport by addressing issues such as gamesmanship, doping, cheating, sportsmanship, fair play, and respect for the game.

A compelling read for coaches, sport administrators, players, parents, and sport fans, the book examines specific examples of unethical behaviors-many cases of which occur in amateur and educational sports-to illustrate how these incidents threaten the perception that sport builds character. It identifies and investigates the multiple reasons for cheating in sport, such as the fact that the rewards for succeeding are so high, and the feeling of athletes that they must behave as they do to level the playing field because everyone else is cheating, being violent, taking performance-enhancing drugs, or doing whatever it takes to win. Readers will gain insight into how coaches and sport administrators can achieve the goals for youth, interscholastic, intercollegiate, and Olympic sport by stressing moral values and character development as well as see how specific recommendations can help ensure that sport can serve to build character rather than teach bad behavior in the pursuit of victory.

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Sommaire:

Preface and Acknowledgments,
1 Background and History,
Introduction,
Brief Origin of Sport,
What Is Ethics?,
Ethical Theories,
Moral Reasoning,
Brief Historical Context for Amateur Sport and Character Development,
Athletics in Educational Institutions,
Morals vs. Winning,
Has Winning in Sports Become Too Important?,
Gamesmanship and Violence,
Eligibility,
Elimination,
Cheating,
Gambling,
Discriminatory Actions and Societal Factors,
Moral Callousness,
Synergy between Character Development and Sport,
Successful Programs That Help Develop Moral Values and Character,
Resolving Ethical Dilemmas,
Conclusion,
References,
2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions,
Introduction,
Controversies and Problems across All Levels of Sport,
Youth Sport,
Problems and Controversies in Youth Sports,
Teaching Values in Youth Sports,
Interscholastic Sport,
Problems and Controversies in Interscholastic Sport,
Teaching Values in Interscholastic Sport,
Intercollegiate Athletics,
Problems and Controversies in Intercollegiate Sport,
Proposed Reforms and Teaching Values in Intercollegiate Athletics,
Concluding Comments about Sport in the United States,
Performance-Enhancing Drugs,
Worldwide Perspective,
Amateurism in the Olympic Games,
Nationalism and Politics in the Olympic Games,
Racism and Human Rights in the Olympic Games,
Bidding Scandals in the Olympic Games,
Unethical Behavior among Officials in the Olympic Games,
Use of Performance-Enhancing Drugs in the Olympic Games,
Doping Scandals in International Cycling,
Gamesmanship and Cheating in International Sports,
Gambling and Fixing Outcomes in International Sports,
Codes of Ethics,
Examples of Sportsmanship in the Olympic Games,
Concluding Comments about Worldwide Sport,
References,
3 Perspectives,
The Ethics of Parents Choosing an Early Specialization vs. Early Sampling Pathway for Their Children in U.S. Youth Sports, Michael Sagas and Pete Paciorek,
The Ethics of Flopping, R. Scott Kretchmar,
Assessing the Morality of NCAA Commercialism through Utilitarian Moral Theory, Robert C. Schneider,
Laremy Tunsil: Criminal? Rule-Breaker? or Morally Righteous Guy? Ellen J. Staurowsky,
The College Sports Wasteland, Gerald Gurney and Donna Lopiano,
Role of the President in Intercollegiate Fund-Raising, Jody A. Brylinsky,
An Ethical Analysis of Distractions in Sport, Danny Rosenberg,
Why Deflate-Gate Matters . Moral Controversy in the Present World of Gaining Advantage, Sharon Kay Stoll,
Lance Armstrong and the Tour de France, A. J. Schneider,
4 Profiles,
People,
Henry (Hank) Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934- ),
Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. (July 10, 1943-February 6, 1993),
Ernie Banks (January 31, 1931-January 23, 2015),
Margaret Ann (Peggy) Kirk Bell (October 28, 1921- ),
Lorenzo Pietro/Lawrence Peter Yogi Berra (May 12, 1925-September 22, 2015),
William (Bill) Warren Bradley (July 28, 1943- ),
Walter Byers (March 13, 1922-May 26, 2015),
Ken Carter (February 13, 1959- ),
Roberto Clemente (August 18, 1934-December 31, 1972),
Anita Luceete DeFrantz (October 4, 1952- ),
Jean Driscoll (November 18, 1966- ),
Joe Dumars III (May 24, 1963- ),
Anthony (Tony) Kevin Dungy (October 6, 1955- ),
Fred Engh (August 13, 1935- ),
Henry Louis (Lou) Gehrig (June 19, 1903-June 2, 1941),
Grant Henry Hill (October 5, 1972- ),
Michael Terrence (Terry) Holland (April 2, 1942- ),
Robert (Bobby) Tyre Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902-Decembe...