1University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sport, Ljubljana, Slovenia
SHORT INTRODUCTION TO ETHICAL REASONING IN SPORT
SHORT INTRODUCTION TO ETHICAL REASONING IN SPORT
Sport Mont 2007, V(12-13-14),
345-350
It is clear at fi rst sight that sport is a very complex phenomenon, which generates
ethical contradictions. It is pinned between moral-educational and essential biological
movement drives on the one side. On the other side, it is trapped between extreme
exploitation and passionate images of our time, and playful innocence of body and mind.
By justifying ethical pluralism through our discussion we wish to point out that
moral pluralism is not an apology for moral relativism, which can also be labeled as an
ethical void. Moral autonomy of sport that is based on the idea of free pooling of civil
society, and is at the same time trapped in the structure of the game, is inadmissible per
se or has to be understood within the context of distinction among ethics of sport and
sport ethics.
Since we are dealing with pluralism, we cannot assure in advance the expected
convincing power of ethical reasoning in sport. It is not uniform phenomenon and
therefore such a demand would be too pretentious. However, as a PE teachers and
trainers we need to stand fi rm on ethical grounds. We need to take into account that
this short introduction is only a fi rst stage of understanding sport in order to develop
further educational strategies to promote and practice socially responsible sport in the
21st century. N/A
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