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Author Holt, Jason

Title The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts Squaring the Octagon
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (195 p.)
Series Ethics and Sport Ser
Ethics and Sport Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Weighing In -- 1. Mixed martial arts is not a martial art -- 2. On the martial arts status of mixed martial arts: 'There are no rules' -- 3. Loyalty, deference, and exploitation in traditional and mixed martial arts -- 4. Violence and constraints in combat sport -- 5. Experimentation, distributed cognition, and flow: A scientific lens on mixed martial arts -- 6. Finding beauty in the cage: A utility-based aesthetic for MMA
7. An aesthetic apology for MMA -- 8. The line of permissibility: Gladiators, boxers, and MMA fighters -- 9. Friendship as a moral defense of mixed martial arts -- 10. MMA as a path to stoic virtue -- 11. Ethics of mixed martial arts -- 12. Gender, pain, and risk in women's mixed martial arts -- 13. Gender and ethics: Thoughts on the case of transgender athlete Fallon Fox -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Form Electronic book
Author Ramsay, Marc
ISBN 9781000450446
1000450449