Virtue Lost: Courage in Sport.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Corlett, John
- Source
- Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. 1996, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p45-57. 13p.
- Subject
- *COURAGE
*SPORTS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0094-8705
Argues that the philosophical establishment of courage as a feature of sport pedagogy could assist athletes to break free of fear's effects. Extreme force as norm of everyday life in heroic societies; Courage as defined by Aristotle, Plato and Aquinas; Western philosophical debate about virtues; Case of Curt Flood of professional sports labor problems.