philosophy of sport
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Philosophy of Sport
Chapter 21
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Topics covered in this chapter:
What is philosophy of sport?
The nature of sport
Ethics and sport
Aesthetics and sport
Sport and society
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What is Philosophy of Sport?
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Subdisciplines of philosophy
Philosophy
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Aesthetics
Ethics
Logic
The study of beauty
The study of how we ought to live
The study of argument analysis
The study of theory
of knowledge
The study of what is
real
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Philosophy today
Application of the same questions that arise from the “big five” to a broad array of topics– Conflict resolution– Feminism– Race relations– Sport
Metadiscipline – examines and evaluates disciplines themselves
The primary tool is logic
Requirements for philosophical analysis: intellectual integrity, open-mindedness, critical attitude
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Philosophy of sport
Asks questions such as:– What precisely is sport?– Is violence an inescapable part of competitive
sport? Etc.
For many, answers to these questions may seem unnecessary
But what is sport?
Chess Ultimate fighting Dog fighting
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The Nature of Sport
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Early competitive sport – Greek roots
Celebratory funeral games in honor of fallen warriors (Homer, Iliad)– Example: chariot race
Athlein athlete– “to contend”, “to suffer”
Agones agony– “contests,” “places of combat”
Preparation for war and the province of males only
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Aretism The ideal of competitive sports is striving for human
excellence (M. Andrew Holowchak)
Ancient Greek component– Arete = “excellence,” “virtue”– Part of culture to strive for
excellence in sport
Non-Greek component– Focus on the striving for and not the attainment of victory
(how victory is won versus victory)– Play hard but play fair
Ethical component– Core values of competitive sport are not internal to sport but
rather are those of human beings in the world at large
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The “goods” of sport
Children– Do not have fully developed rational faculty – Mostly motivated by external goods (e.g., approval,
recognition)
Adults– Have fully developed rational faculty– Some have the capacity to appreciate internal benefits– Others are motivated by external goods like recognition– Professional athletes can be motivated by external goods
such as money and fame
External goods: money,
approval, fame
Internal goods: love, cooperation,
courage
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Sport and values
The core values of modern sport:– Derived from society – Do not vary from society to society– Universally embraced by all capable of rationality
Internalism
Values of competitive sportare unique
and not reducible
to those of society
Externalism
Values of competitive sportare not unique and are merely
a subset of society’s values
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