test 2 Flashcards
6 tendencies
product over power
- winning over competition
-quantity and efficiency over quality
Runaway Individualism
-Emphasis on individual achievement
-increase in cheating
Too many responsibilities lack of time
- Quick Fix solutions
- Overemphasis on job/career
excessive escapism
-overuse of sport as an escape of everyday life
-Fascination with virtual worlds
excessive Survivalism
- survival is a metaphor for winning
Oppressive rationalism
define the 3 types of values moral non moral and social
Moral- Motives and traits that help how to act towards others- justice honesty respect fair play
Non-Moral- things that are wanted by others- Money Knowledge wining pleasure
Social- motives and traits wanted by members of a community- leadership to courage.
what is good life what values develop the blueprint
The plan you make for you to live your life and the actions you take to live it. 3 values are Moral Non Moral and Social
why pay careful attention to the way we priotize values in the good life
they influence your view of the good life they affect you character in wich the way you live
what is ethics why is it a normative brand of inqurary
ethics examines questions and answers concerning morality and examines the decisions and beliefs of humans it is normative because to goes beyond describing how humans act toward one another and how they should act toward each other.
differance between moral and strategic reasoning
Moral- determines what is right through sound use of moral elements and theories is altruistic
Strategic- Egotistic, focus is on what is advantageous for me or my team school and organization, determines what is right through cost benefit and risk analysis
is a strategic justification for an action a sufficient moral justification
No- moral actions are frequently not our own advantage- strategic justifications only explain why acts are advantageous not why they are morally right
Describe a morally calloused individual how can we avoid becoming morally calloused
they lack moral awareness, lack of compassion and beneficence ignore moral issues and problems of others. weaviod by being aware of others needs, wishes and well-being
being aware of the sphere of the infulence of you rdecions and actions
what false assumptions exist about the belief that sport builds character. what are the historical roots are empirical methods necessary to determine whether or not sports build character
all children will be positively affected by their sports experiences sport automatically teaches positive moral and social values to all who participate in it
19th century England in the British Empire developed to the need for American industry
yes
4 moral virtues that make up the conception of charecter
Compassion
Fairness
Sportspersonship
Integerity
what is competition vs decompetition
competiton- sports are viewed as partnerships goal is mastery and the excellent focus is on the process of competition, oppentes are enablers officials are game facilitators rules are imperfect guides to fairness.
Decompetiton- sport is viewed as war goal is domination focus on winning opponents are obstacles offices are opponents
what is bracketed morality what is it dependant upon
sports contexts are set apart from everyday morality sports morality is not separate from everyday morality but rather nested in it and informed by it
it is dependant on conditions particular to sports that ensure further conditions of equal competition equal oppurtuinty and safety
