Ethics Midterm

Value

Asset of principals

Keys of Value

Loyalty, Integrity, Honesty

Cheating

when you are intentionally breaking rules

Example of cheating in sports

Athletes using PED’s

Moral Dilemma 

Moral values conflict with non-moral values

Example of Moral Dilemma in sports

Telling the ref they made the wrong call but is a negative effect for your team

Moral Reasoning

Process of evaluating personal values to develop CONSISTENT & IMPARTIAL set of moral principles.

Example of Moral Reasoning in sports

Deciding to bench your best player because of their actions

Impartial

No-bias (Something a ref should be)

Gamespersonship

Stretching rules to gain advantage “Gray areas”

Example of Gamespersonship in sports

Trash talking in sports

Constitutive Rules

Skills and Strategy, Restrict Game Actions, Provides Standardization

Example of Constitual Rule in sports

All football fields should be the same size

Normative Cheating

Acceptable forms of cheating

Normative Cheating in sports

Fighting in hockey

Bracketed Morality

Accept that sport is different and different morals apply

Bracketed Morality in sports

Tackling in football

3 requirements of Moral Reasoning 

Impartial, Consistency, Reflection

Sportspersonship

Set of guiding principles, Increase the pleasure of playing the sport, Focus on the spirit of the rules AND enforcing them Ex. Honest, Integrity Fair play

Non-Moral Value

things/measures of life Ex. fame, money power, success

Moral Callousness

• Absence of concern for the welfare of others

• Feeling no remorse when you hurt another

Behaviorism theory

Aggression is learned through rewards and punishments

Socialism Learning Theory

Violence is learned through seeing it

Example of PED’s

▪ Human Growth Hormone
▪ Erythropoietin
▪ Pain killers
▪ Diuretics