Kathleen Pearson, "Deception, Sportsmanship, and Ethics"

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Kathleen Pearson, "Deception, Sportsmanship, and Ethics"

July 30, 2018

Kathleen Pearson’s “Deception, Sportsmanship, and Ethics,” was published in Quest in 1973 and it analyzes the ethical status of deception in sport and athletics. This short and exceptionally clear paper has influenced later work regarding deception and fouls in sport.

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