Sport, Rules and Values: Philosophical Investigations into the Nature of Sport

by Graham Mcfee

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415322081
• ISBN13: 9780415322089
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"