Center for ETHICS*

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Center for ETHICS
Ethical Theory Honor In Competitive Sports
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Ethics
The Sole Most Important Study Today... in Sport.
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Introduction to Moral Reasoningin Sport
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Critical Examination

• Tolerance for different points of view.
• Intellectual freedom
• Freedom from dogmatism.
• Control of self destiny.

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What is Reasoning?

• The ability to argue, question, and discuss an
  issue in ...
• all its collateral fibers and to...
• understand the ramifications of all possible
  moral actions.

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Why?

• Socrates
• An unexamined life is not worth living.

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Good Reasoning only occurs if ...

• 1. Impartial
• 2. Systematically Consistent
• 3. Uses Reflective Judgement

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Moral......from Value
Value Something of relative worth or
importance Two types of
values 1. Nonmoral
2. Moral

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Nonmoral Values

• Relative worth or importance placed on an
  extrinsic object or behavior

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Comments on values from Rick Reilly, and Donna
Lopiano
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Nonmoral Values

• Utility - Good because of usefulness
• Extrinsic - Good because a means to good.
• Intrinsic - Good in themselves
• Inherent - Good to think about them
• Contributory - Contribute to the Intrinsically
  good life.

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The Importance of Nonmoral Values

• Money, Fame, Power, Success--
• The means to the good life.

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The Effect on Moral Decision Making

• 1. Nonmoral Values drive moral decisions.
• 2. How important is fame, power, and success?

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Our Focus....
The Effect of Non-Moral Values on Moral Decision
Making in Competition.....
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Moral Values

• Worth or importance placed on intrinsic behavior
  focused or directed toward other humans. Takes
  into consideration the motive, intention, and
  actions that affect or impinge on others.

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What is Moral?
All human motives, intentions, and actions
that deal with, impinge on, and affect other
others.
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Moral

• From the Latin Mos/Mores meaning custom,
  character, or manners...pertaining to character
  or disposition, considered as good or bad,
  virtuous or vicious. Or, to the distinction
  between right and wrong in relation to actions,
  volitions, or character of responsible people.

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What is Moral?
Morality in the Generic Sense? Common Decency
to Others..
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Name some moral values....
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Honesty

• 1. Being trustworthy or truthful in dealing with
  others and competitors.
• 2. Moral agent will not lie, cheat, or steal.

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Justice

• 1. Being treated equally - fairly.
• 2. Being treated equitably - fairly.

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Responsibility

• 1. Being accountable for one's actions.
• 2. Being accountable in the present, past, and
  future.
• a. Present. Jane is responsible, meaning
  something about her character.
• b. Past. Jane was responsible for that action.
• c. Future. Jane is responsible for some future
  action.

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Beneficence

• 1. Being kind (civil) to others.
• a. doing no harm
• b. preventing harm
• c. removing harm
• d. doing good

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Kindred Terminology

• Amoral - not dealing with moral issues...
  outside the realm of morality.

Immoral - Knows right, chooses to do wrong for
own benefit...

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Moral Reasoning

• is the ability to systematically think through a
  moral problem taking into consideration one's own
  values and beliefs while weighing them against
  what others and society values and believes.

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Moral Question...Stipulations

• s A Moral and Nonmoral Value is involved.
• The Agent MUST have a CHOICE, without coercion.
• A Moral Principle is in conflict.
• The Agent is faced with Moral Obligation.

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Moral Value Versus Nonmoral Value

• Relative worth placed on an extrinsic objective
  value in relation to the worth placed on a
  universal value manifested through motives,
  intentions, and actions that impinge on and or
  affect other individuals

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Choice

• Refers to autonomy of the agent, self governance
  without coercion or manipulation by outside
  forces.. the moral agent must have alternatives,
  must choose, and is forced to act.

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Principle

• A general written FIRST rule by which we govern
  our lives. Principles are direct, explicit,
  verbal applications of moral value...written in
  the negative.

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Obligation

• The "Should" of moral responsibility...if we
  believe in a value have developed our principles,
  we are morally obligated to manifest these values
  through our motives, intentions, and actions.

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Terminology

• s Sportsmanship
• s Fairplay
• s Gamesmanship
• s Character

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Sportsmanship

• The quality of valuing the
• 1. Written rules,
• 2. Spirit of the Rules, and
• 3. Opponent...
• in our quest for athletic and game excellence.

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Fair Play

• s Using the concept of sportsmanship to the
  highest degree...above and beyond.
• s Another Term for Sportsmanship.

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Gamesmanship

• Pushing the rules to the limit, using whatever
  means, to gain an advantage.

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Character
Moral Character The Life of Right Conduct... in
Relation to Others and Oneself
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Obstacles....and Fallacies...