Philosophy of sport: key questions

Introduction

1. What is the philosophy of sport?

Interview with Warren Fraleigh

Defining sport

2. What is sport?

3. Can cheaters ever win?

Interview with Jim Parry

Sport, knowledge and truth

4. Are there different types of sporting knowledge?

5. How can philosophy underpin research in sport?

6. Is the referee always right?

7. How much is too much technology in sport?

Interview with R. Scott Kretchmar

Interview with Mike McNamee

Sport, body and mind

8. Is the body just another tool in sport?

9. Is sporting success `mind over matter'?

10. Is it right to separate sport according to sex?

11. Does sport discriminate against trans* athletes?

12. Is elite disability sport an oxymoron?

Interview with Pam Sailors

Interview with Takayuki Hata

Sport and the good life

13. What is the value of sport?

14. Is Utopia a world full of games?

15. What is the value of dangerous sport?

16. Are Olympic values worth aspiring to?

Interview with Randolph Feezell

Interview with Heather Reid

Sport, art and aesthetics

17. Is sport art?

18. Does beauty matter in sport?

19. Is it better to be a purist or partisan when watching sport?

Interview with Stephen Mumford

Interview with Graham McFee

Ethical questions in sport

20. What is fair play in sport?

21. Is sport a moral educator?

22. Is competition morally acceptable?

23. Is gamesmanship just another skill in sport?

24. What is wrong with doping in sport?

25. Do elite athletes deserve hero status?

26. Is it wrong to be patriotic in sport?

27. Can you respect someone you're trying to beat?

28. Can violent sports be ethical?

29. Should sport be used as a political tool?

30. Does commercialism ruin sport?

Interview with Sigmund Loland

Interview with Angela Schneider.