The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts : Squaring the Octagon (Paperback)

Introduction: Weighing In Jason Holt and Marc Ramsay 1. Mixed Martial Arts is Not a Martial Art Irena Martinkova and Jim Parry 2. On the Martial Arts Status of Mixed Martial Arts: ‘There are no rules’ Nicholas R. Baima and Sarah Malanowski 3. Loyalty, Deference, and Exploitation in Traditional and Mixed Martial Arts Audrey Yap and Chris Goto-Jones 4. Violence and Constraints in Combat Sport Joseph D. Lewandowski 5. Experimentation, Distributed Cognition, and Flow: A Scientific Lens on Mixed Martial Arts Zachary Agoff, Benjamin Gwerder, and Vadim Keyser 6: A Utility-based Aesthetic for MMA: Finding Beauty in the Cage Tszki Chow 7. An Aesthetic Apology for MMA Jason Holt 8. The Line of Permissibility: Gladiators, Boxers, and MMA Fighters Marc Ramsay 9. Friendship as a Moral Defense of Mixed Martial Arts Danny Rosenberg 10. MMA as a Path to Stoic Virtue Michael Tremblay 11. Ethics of Mixed Martial Arts Walter Veit and Heather Browning 12. Gender, Pain, and Risk in Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Audrey Yap 13. Gender and Ethics: Thoughts on the Case of Transgender Athlete Fallon Fox Nancy Kane