Three kinds of competitive excellence

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 47 (2):200-216 (2020)
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I call the trait that makes for a good or great competitor, the trait that makes its possessor compete well, ‘competitive excellence’. We seem to be of two minds about this trait: on the one hand,...

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