What is it about?
This article explores the philosophy of unwritten rules in sport. It notes that unwritten rules (much like natural law) seem to have greater resilience and a more pervasive impact on players.
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Why is it important?
This offers a new perspective on unwritten rules in sports. It shows ways in which unwritten rules influence play and press social values on players and fans.
Perspectives
This article furthers my exploration of the meaning of sport as performative public discourse. Athletes embody values by the ways in which they interact with both written and unwritten rules.
Daniel Durbin
University of Southern California
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This page is a summary of: Unwritten Rules and the Press of Social Conventions, Sport Ethics and Philosophy, August 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/17511321.2018.1497080.
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