Olympic Ethics and Philosophy - Paperback

by Mike McNamee (Editor), Jim Parry (Editor)

This book is a collection of international essays on ethical and philosophical issues surrounding the Olympic Games and its underpinning ideology: Olympism.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.

Author Biography

Mike McNamee is Professor of Applied Ethics at Swansea University, UK. He is a former President of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport and the Editor of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. Previous publications include Doping and Anti-Doping Policy in Sport (2011) and The Ethics of Sports: A Reader (2010).

Jim Parry is Professor at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Previous publications include Phenomenological Approaches to Sport (2012) and Theology, Ethics and Transcendence in Sports (2010).