| Title | : | Making Sense of Fairness in Sports (Essays) |
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| Author | : | Thomas H. Murray |
| Release | : | 2010-03-01 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Life Sciences, Books, Science & Nature, Health, Mind & Body, Health & Fitness |
| Size | : | 53518 |
| From the steroid scandals of major league baseball to analysis of Oscar Pistorius's cheetahs to the sex-verification test of Caster Semenya, questions today about what constitutes fairness in sports are wide-ranging and varied. It's easier to see what's unfair in sports. Suppose that the judges award the Olympic figure skating gold medal in Vancouver because of the skaters' wacky costumes--all feathers, sequins, and teasing glimpses of skin. Or that they choose based on their views on the skaters' countries of origin, or because they were bribed, or by tossing a coin. |
