Towards a Sustainable Philosophy of Endurance Sport Cycling for Lif

This book provides new perspectives on endurance sport and how it contributes to a  good and sustainable life in times of climate change, ecological disruption and inconvenient truths. It builds on a continental philosophical tradition, i.e

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Ron Welters

Towards a Sustainable Philosophy of Endurance Sport Cycling for Life

Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy Volume 37 Editor in Chief Hub Zwart, Radboud University, Nijmegen, NL Editorial Board Deryck Beyleveld, Durham University, Durham, UK David Copp, University of Florida, USA Nancy Fraser, New School for Social Research, New York, USA Martin van Hees, Groningen University, Netherlands Thomas Hill, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA Samuel Kerstein, University of Maryland, College Park, USA Will Kymlicka, Queens University, Ontario, Canada Philippe Van Parijs, Louvaine-la-Neuve (Belgium) and Harvard, USA Qui Renzong, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China Peter Schaber, Ethikzentrum, University of Zürich, Switzerland Thomas Schmidt, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

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Ron Welters

Towards a Sustainable Philosophy of Endurance Sport Cycling for Life

Ron Welters Institute for Science in Society, Faculty of Science Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

ISSN 1387-6678     ISSN 2215-0323 (electronic) Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy ISBN 978-3-030-05293-5    ISBN 978-3-030-05294-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05294-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018964574 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

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While—thanks to science and technology—the impact of humankind on our planet has become pervasive, omnipresent and irreversible, our sense of agency and our ethical and political capacity to contain and govern these developments seem uncannily limited. I argue that an appropriate concept of e