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The Reality Of Fantasy Sports: A Metaphysical And Ethical Analysis, Chad R. Carlson
The Reality Of Fantasy Sports: A Metaphysical And Ethical Analysis, Chad R. Carlson
Chad Carlson
Fantasy sports have become a major sector of our sport industry. With millions of participants worldwide and billions of dollars generated, fantasy sports have become a fixed part of our sport spectatorship. However, this prevalence has come without much intellectual investigation. Therefore, in this paper I discuss the metaphysics and ethics of fantasy sports. After providing arguments for the consistency of fantasy sports with prominent descriptions of play and games, I compare fantasy sports to other genres of play and games – sports, card games, ‘cybersports’, and spectatorship. After this juxtaposition, I delineate how fantasy sports are different from their …
Book Review: Gadamer’S Ethics Of Play: Hermeneutics And The Other, Chad R. Carlson
Book Review: Gadamer’S Ethics Of Play: Hermeneutics And The Other, Chad R. Carlson
Chad Carlson
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