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Ethics and the athlete: why sports are more than a game but less than a war

2004; Elsevier BV; Volume: 23; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.csm.2004.01.002

1556-228X

Steven D. Stovitz, David J. Satin,

Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports

Are the ethics of athletes complex? Consider that an elite bicyclist might inject himself with hormones to increase his exercise capacity, but if his opponent falls, then that same hormone-abusing athlete will likely stop until his opponent has regained control. Consider that we as a society have very little problem with Mike Tyson trying to give Evander Holyfield a concussion during a boxing match, but we find it horrifying that Tyson bit Holyfield's ear. What are we to make of these apparent contradictions?