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Mike McNamee

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Professor, Swansea University, UK

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Department of Philosophy, Humanities and Law in Healthcare, Swansea University, United Kingdom

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Presentation Oscar Pistorius as Para/Olympian: difference, equity and slippery slopes - Play the Game 2009 (Pdf.) CV Mike McNamee is Professor of Applied Ethics at Swansea University where he teaches Medical Ethics. Since 1988 he has pioneered the development of Sports Ethics and the Philosophy of Sport as an important discipline in the fields of sports sciences/studies. He has written/edited many books including: Ethics, Dis/ability and Sports (2009) http://www.routledgesport.com/books/Ethics-DisAbility-and-Sports-isbn9780415487979 Sports, Virtues and Vices: morality play (2008) http://www.routledgeeducation.com/books/Sports-Virtues-and-Vices-isbn9780415194082 Philosophy, Risk and Adventure Sports (2007) http://www.routledge.com/books/Philosophy-Risk-and-Adventure-Sports-isbn9780415351850 Research Ethics in Sport Health and Exercise Sciences (2006) http://www.routledge.com/books/Research-Ethics-in-Exercise-Health-and-Sports-Sciences-isbn9780415298827 among others. He is also Series Editor of Routledge’s successful Ethics and Sports Series http://www.routledge.com/books/series/Ethics+and+Sport and is the Editor of an international journal Sport, Ethics and Philosophy published three times per year since 2007 http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17511321.asp Mike has served on a number of Executive Committees including the European College of Sport Science http://www.ecss.de/ International Council for Sport Science and Physical Education, http://www.icsspe.org/ . He is a former President of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport and was the founding Chair and Vice Chair of the British Philosophy of Sport Association http://www.philosophyofsport.org.uk/ and the European Association for the Philosophy of Sport http://eaps.wetpaint.com/?t=anon respectively. He is married (Cheryl) and has two daughters (Megan and Ffion)

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