Philosophy of sport : international perspectives / edited by Alun Hardman and Carwyn Jones.

Includes bibliographical references.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: The Nature of Sport, Play and Games Chapter One Thinking Small about Sport: A Philosophical Recovery of Moral Leadership Chapter Two Parkour: The Nature of Sport and its Ethical Possibilities Chapter Three Toward an Understanding of “The Grasshopper”—Through Two Perspectives Part II: Sport and Meaning: Art, Literature and Spirituality Chapter Four Weaving the Magic: Philosophy, Sports and Literature Jesus Illundain-Agurruza Chapter Five The Forgotten Paradigm: Spirituality of Games and Play Part III: Sport and the Body Chapter Six Bodily Dialogue and Intercorporeity in Physical Activities Chapter Seven Sports and Morality or Fitness as Social Status Chapter Eight Time Consciousness and Physical Activity and Sport Part IV: Sport and Ethics Chapter Nine Conceptual Vagueness and Moral Line-drawing in the Ethics of Sports Medicine Chapter Ten How Coaches Do Things with Words Chapter Eleven In Defence of Maradona’s “Hand of God” Chapter Twelve “What we know in our bones”: On the Development of a Lived Athletic Ethic Chapter Thirteen Scoring Own Goals in Gender Research: A Philosophical Critique of the Dominant Methodology Part V: Sport and Internationalisation Chapter Fourteen An American Philosopher at the Beijing Olympics Chapter Fifteen International Eligibility: An Interpretive Antirealist Approach to Sporting Representation List of Contributors