Ethics of Sport - Essential Readings

Informationen zum Autor Arthur L. Caplan is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center. He is the co-founder of the NYU Sports and Society Program. He has served on the special advisory committee to the International Olympic Committee on genetics and gene therapy, and the FIFA special advisory committee on the use of technology in allowing athletes to adapt to altitude and other environmental challenges. He has written extensively on topics in the area of sports, medicine, and ethics.Brendan Parent is Director of Applied Bioethics at the NYU School of Professional Studies, a faculty affiliate of the division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center, and co-director of NYU Sports and Society. His current work focuses on social responsibility in sports, ethical issues in innovative transplants, and ethical issues in genetic technologies. Previously, he was special legal advisor to the New York Task Force on Life and the Law. He received his JD from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was given the ABA award for excellence in Health Law. Klappentext Sports are more than just "games". They can unite countries, start wars, and revolutionize views on race, class, and gender. Through works from philosophy, sociology, medicine, and law, this collection explores intersections of sports and ethics, and identifies the immense role of sports in shaping and reflecting social values. Zusammenfassung Sports are more than just "games". They can unite countries, start wars, and revolutionize views on race, class, and gender. Through works from philosophy, sociology, medicine, and law, this collection explores intersections of sports and ethics, and identifies the immense role of sports in shaping and reflecting social values.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur L. Caplan, Arthur L. (EDT)/ Parent Caplan, Arthur L. Parent Caplan
• Assisted by: Arthur L. Caplan (Editor), Caplan Arthur L. (Editor), Brendan Parent (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.12.2016
• EAN: 9780190210984
• ISBN: 978-0-19-021098-4
• No. of pages: 544
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Holidays (non-religious), Sociology: sport & leisure, Ethics & moral philosophy, Bioethics, Sociology: sport and leisure, Ethics and moral philosophy, Bio-ethics