Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 The Ideal Olympian -- A Greatness of Olympic Proportions / Michael W. Austin -- Machiavelli, the Olympic Ideal, and the Southern Arrow / Raymond Angelo Belliotti -- What's More than Gold / Scott F. Parker -- pt. 2 Ancient Heritage -- The Olympics of the Mind: Philosophy and Athletics in the Ancient Greek World / Peter Hufnagel -- Go Tell the Spartans: Honor, Courage, and Excellence in the Ancient Olympic Games / Jesus Ilundain-Agurruza -- The Soul of an Olympian: Olympism and the Ancient Philosophical Ideal of Arete / Heather L. Reid -- pt. 3 Modern Ideals -- More than Games: Olympism as a Moral Approach to Sport / Cesar R. Torres -- Olympism between Individualism and Transnationalism / Milan Hosta -- Citius, Altius, Fortius, Virtuous / Jeffrey P. Fry -- pt. 4 Ethical Issues -- The Olympics and Steroids / Stephen Kershnar -- Olympic Boxing: A Not So Sweet Science / Joseph D. Lewandowski -- Should the Olympics Be the Very Best? A Plea on Behalf of the Second-Rate / Regan Reitsma -- pt. 5 Race and Gender Issues -- The Strong Men Keep a Comin' On: African American Sports Participation and the Discourse of Public Dissent / Pellom McDaniels III -- Olympic Amazons and the Cold War: The Rise and Fall of Gender Radicalism / Kutte Jonsson -- Buns of Gold, Silver, Bronze: The State of Olympic Women's Beach Volleyball / Charlene Weaving -- pt. 6 Political Power -- The Ethics of Boycotting the Olympics / Michel Le Gall -- Sport, Patriotism, and the Olympic Games / Hywel Iorwerth -- Sharing the Moment: On the Olympic Games as Spectacle / Matthew Sharpe.
