Ethics of Competitive Sport

Title
Ethics of Competitive Sport
Publication Date
2013
Author(s)
Walsh, Adrian J
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1959-254X
Email: awalsh@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:awalsh
Editor
Editor(s): Hugh LaFollette
Type of document
Entry In Reference Work
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Place of publication
Malden, United States of America
Edition
1
DOI
10.1002/9781444367072.wbiee503
UNE publication id
une:14198
Abstract
Competitive sport raises many significant ethical issues. Perhaps the most important of these - and to which the most attention has been paid - concerns how individuals should conduct themselves when engaging in competitive sport. Topics considered here include cheating and the use of performance-enhancing drugs. There are also important ethical questions that arise out of the central role sport plays in our cultural and political lives, such as what role it plays in damaging or enhancing society and whether sport itself should be subject to political evaluation. The serious examination of these questions is relatively recent, beginning with Weiss's text 'Sport: A Philosophic Inquiry' (1969). At the present time there are only two English-language philosophical journals devoted to sport: 'Journal of the Philosophy of Sport' and 'Sport, Ethics and Philosophy'.
Link
Citation
The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, p. 1743-1748
ISBN
9781444367072
Start page
1743
End page
1748

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