{"product_id":"the-examined-run-9780197678695","title":"The Examined Run","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan running make me a more moral person? Can striving to be a better person make me a better runner? In The Examined Run, philosopher and ultramarathon runner Sabrina B. Little asks whether running can be a laboratory for developing our character. She looks at the key ideas in virtue ethics--virtue, vice, exemplarism, moral emotions, and competition--and brings them into conversation with her experience in training and racing. Little pushes against the frequent conversations about ethics and sport that focus on the negative--doping and other forms of cheating or on simplistic expressions like no pain, no gain. She argues that these ideas don''t address the rich picture of how athletics inform a good life, and sport''s relationship to acts of justice or courage. A good athlete is not just one who avoids cheating--rather, they perform feats of perseverance and courage, and succeed by working to develop their natural capacities. Little employs her own experiences in training, coaching, an","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48883840385367,"sku":"9780197678695","price":17.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197678695.jpg?v=1722529264","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-examined-run-9780197678695","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}