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46Racers, Pacers, Gender and Records: On the Meaning of Sport Competition and CompetitorsSport, Ethics and Philosophy 8 (2): 172-190. 2014.This paper examines footraces that are paced and unpaced, and runners who are pre-arranged, designated pacers and those who are not. Although pacesetting is commonplace in footraces today, the practice challenges our conception of sport competition, the nature of competitors and the meaning of records. For example, Bale calls paced races as ‘staged experiments’ to set world records and argues that pacers were crucial in the running career of Roger Bannister. In 2011, the International Associatio…Read more
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46Mercy Killing: Sportsmanship and BlowoutsJournal of the Philosophy of Sport 37 (1): 60-68. 2010.No abstract
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12Comments on William Garland’s “Can Care Generate Global Moral Concern?”Southwest Philosophy Review 17 (2): 147-150. 2001.
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22Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way: A Critical Analysis of PacingJournal of the Philosophy of Sport 42 (3): 349-363. 2015.Pacing, a phenomenon whereby seasoned runners assist other runners toward pre-determined goal times in races of various lengths, is a common practice, yet it has received very little sustained philosophical scrutiny. This paper aims to take steps in that direction with a particular focus on pacing in amateur distance running. We begin with Peter Arnold’s analysis of the three views of sportsmanship – as a form of social union, as a means in the promotion of pleasure, and as a form of altruism – …Read more
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41Prescription for “Sports Medicine and Ethics”American Journal of Bioethics 13 (10). 2013.No abstract
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