Tackles the question of research design and places ethics at the centre of any comprehensive research project. Presenting an overview of theories of moral action, this book guides students and researchers on how to best prepare and present proposals to institutional review boards.[...]

Should we trust scientific research? Do 'the facts' really speak for themselves? Philosophy and the Sciences of Exercise, Health and Sport critically reflects on the nature and aims of scientific enquiry in these disciplines. The book addresses the underlying assumptions and development of both the [...]

The book addresses a series of key aspects of contemporary anti-doping policy. At the broader philosophical level, questions are asked about whether the scale of anti-doping activity and the intrusiveness of anti-doping policy in the lives of athletes is proportionate to the problem of doping. Aspec[...]