The Ethics of Doping and Anti-Doping : Redeeming the Soul of Sport?
Verner. Møller
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
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| Medvirkende | M²ller, Verner. (Author)
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2009.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (174 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 What is doping?; 2 What is sport?; 3 Unchristian sport; 4 Doping history: Fact or fiction?; 5 The law of silence; 6 When good intentions turn bad; 7 The fear of modernity; 8 Legalisation of doping; 9 The athletes' viewpoint; 10 The need for a fresh start; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - With every positive drugs test the credibility and veracity of modern elite sport is diminished. In this radical and provocative critique of current anti-doping policy and practice, Verner Møller argues that the fight against doping - promoted as an initiative to cleanse sport of cheats - is at heart nothing less than a battle to save sport from itself, located on the fault-line between the will to purity and the will to win. Drawing on extensive and detailed case studies of doping in sport, and using a highly original blend of conceptual ideas from philosophy and sociology, M
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| Emner | Athletes - Drug use - Moral and ethical aspects
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Social Problems Social Sciences Vis mer... Sociology
Doping in sports - Moral and ethical aspects. Doping in sports. Health & Biological Sciences Medicine Sports Medicine idrett doping sport etikk |
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| ISBN | 9780415484657. - 9780415484664
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