This volume presents new philosophical essays on a topic thats been neglected in most recent philosophy games, sports, and play. Some contributions address conceptual questions about what games and sports have in common and that distinguishes them from other activities here many take their start from Bernard Suitss celebrated analysis of gameplaying in his book The Grasshopper and either elaborate it or propose an alternative to it. Other essays discuss normative issues that arise within games and sports, such as about fairness, for example in the treatment of male and female athletes. Yet others consider broader evaluative questions about the value of games and sports, which some see as enabling the display of distinctive excellences. Games, Sports, and Play includes a posthumous essay by Suits defending his claim, in The Grasshopper, that life in utopia would consist primarily in playing games. The volumes chapters approach the topic of games, sports, and play from different angles but always in the belief that there is rich terrain here for philosophical investigation.

Binding: Hardcover;246 pages; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Classification: HPJ; Weight: 644 g; Dimensions: 239 x 160 x 20

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