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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA
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The journal is particularly open to essays of applied philosophy that engage with issues or practice, policy, and scholarship concerning the nature and values of sports. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rsep20
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · 3d
From the laws of the game to the laws of the psyche —the most recent articles published in "Sport, Ethics & Philosophy" tackle soccer, rugby, and the sport ethic through play and psychoanalytic perspectives. Read more: www.tandfonline.com/journals/rse... #PhilSky #SportPhil
Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
Publishes philosophy that engage with the nature and value of sport, as well as issues of practice and policy, from Anglo-American and Continental traditions.
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · 27d
The International Association for the Philosophy of Sport has produced a series of interviews with prominent members. Watching a couple of them will give you an idea: youtube.com/@internation...
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · 28d
Take a look at this new publication, which brings together insights from philosophy, psychoanalysis, and sociology to explore contradictions that underpin modern sports #PhilSky "Revisiting the sport ethic: a psychoanalytic consideration of sport’s contradictions" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Revisiting the sport ethic: a psychoanalytic consideration of sport’s contradictions
This paper offers a critical reappraisal of the sport ethic through the lens of psychoanalytic theory. Building on the foundational work of Hughes and Coakley (1991), the sport ethic is defined as ...
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Aug 27
Is this article the reason why everyone is talking about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce?
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Aug 22
Charlene Weaving examines the philosophical aspects of one of today's most buzzworthy cultural phenomena: the Swift-Kelce romance. An imaginative exploration of how music, tackle football, and gender collide in US sport. Open access. #Philsky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Karma is the guy on the Chiefs … ’: contextualizing putting lipstick on a pigskin and the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce romance
In September 2023, global pop music icon, Taylor Swift, attended a Kansas City Chiefs National Football League (NFL) game, confirming rumors that she was dating player Travis Kelce. In this paper, ...
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Aug 22
Charlene Weaving examines the philosophical aspects of one of today's most buzzworthy cultural phenomena: the Swift-Kelce romance. An imaginative exploration of how music, tackle football, and gender collide in US sport. Open access. #Philsky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Karma is the guy on the Chiefs … ’: contextualizing putting lipstick on a pigskin and the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce romance
In September 2023, global pop music icon, Taylor Swift, attended a Kansas City Chiefs National Football League (NFL) game, confirming rumors that she was dating player Travis Kelce. In this paper, ...
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Aug 22
New scholarship out in Sport, Ethics and Philosophy! From rethinking sex categories and fairness in competition, to the ethics of judging in martial arts, and to the politics of defining sport itself—these articles spark important debates.
Explore them all here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/rse...
Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
Publishes philosophy that engage with the nature and value of sport, as well as issues of practice and policy, from Anglo-American and Continental traditions.
www.tandfonline.com
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Aug 22
Adam Berg argues that definitions of “sport” are politically shaped and socially constructed. Instead of seeking an essence, we should ask how the term ought to be used. #Philsky
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The politics of the metaphysics of sport
This paper argues that sport should be treated as a non-essential object that various actors, including sports philosophers, have defined to pursue political interests. The paper explains what it m...
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Aug 22
B. V. E. Hyde shows how kendō’s cultural norms and judging structures may foster unfairness in awarding ippon. A strong call to rethink ethics in traditional martial arts. #Philsky
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Who gets to judge? The ethics of ippon in kendō
This study uses philosophy of science to argue that kendō culture and the structure of kendō society cause unfairness. The mechanism that is identified as being responsible for this is aesthetic im...
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Aug 22
Irena Martínková & Matyáš Kubů explore four alternatives to the sex binary in sport, drawing on Paralympic-style classifications. Their analysis raises pressing questions about fairness, inclusion, and the very purpose of sport. #Philsky
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The sex category, alternative categorizations of athletes, and the purpose of sport
The sex category in sport has been viewed as problematic (not only) for the inclusion of athletes with DSD and transgender athletes, and some researchers have sought ways of replacing the sex categ...
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Jul 9
Check out this original and groundbreaking contribution by @aldohouterman.bsky.social on Serres' examinations of sport and technology: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Technology in sport: a Serresian perspective
This article discusses the value of philosophy of technology for the philosophy and ethics of sport by presenting Michel Serres’s idea that sport is ‘in essence technics’. Although technological de...
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Jul 9
In the last few weeks, we've published articles in extremely timely topics, such as democracy and sport, cricket and commercialization, and Taylor Swift and the NFL. Here is one of them: Big bash as mass deception: understanding the dumbing down of cricket. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Big bash as mass deception: understanding the dumbing down of cricket
This paper examines the cultural transformation of sport through the lens of Twenty20 (T20) formats, focusing on the Big Bash League (BBL) in Australia as a case study. As T20 formats increasingly ...
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Apr 27
We are delighted to announce the publication of "The gender-diverse/non-binary category in sport," by Ian A. Smith! This article masterfully navigates the complex ethical debate surrounding transgender women's participation in elite sport. #PhilSky #SportPhil www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The gender-diverse/non-binary category in sport
There are two main competing views in the debate on the ethics of transgender women’s participation in elite women’s/female sport. One can be characterized as the trans-inclusion view. In this view...
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Apr 23
This argument reminds me of this cool paper on the ethics of doping: Inhibiting doping in sports: deterrence is necessary, but not sufficient: Sport, Ethics and Philosophy: Vol 11, No 1 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Inhibiting doping in sports: deterrence is necessary, but not sufficient
The use of performance-enhancing drugs is a significant problem in sport. It cheats clean athletes of their hard-earned rewards from perfecting their skills though dedication and hard work. It defr...
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Apr 15
Check out the latest issue of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy (Vol. 19.2), packed with cutting-edge discussions on sport integrity and governance. Don’t miss out on these insightful contributions to the field! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsep20/c... #PhilSky #SportPhil
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Volume 19, Issue 2 of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · Apr 7
Informed Consensus: The Future of Respect for Persons in Biomedical Research - Ananya Dewan, Josh Rubin, Marielle Gross | AJOB www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Informed Consensus: The Future of Respect for Persons in Biomedical Research
Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 25, No. 4, 2025)
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David McArdle @davemcardle.bsky.social · Nov 19
Very pleased that this is now freely available online in vol 18(3-4) of Sport Ethics and Philosophy. Lots of really good stuff in this concussion special issue.
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Mar 31
Discover Renato De Donato, Valentina Cavedon, Sara Bigardi, and Chiara Milanese's insightful examination of body and power in adapted sports, analyzed through the philosophical perspectives of Nietzsche, Spinoza, and Deleuze. #PhilSky #SportPhil www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Body and power: Nietzsche, Spinoza, and adapted sport
This article explores the concepts of power as articulated in the philosophies of Nietzsche and Spinoza, applying them to the context of adapted sport for athletes with physical disabilities. Nietz...
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Mar 26
Obituary: Akio Kataoka www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Obituary: Akio Kataoka
Published in Sport, Ethics and Philosophy (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Mar 26
New call for abstracts! Charlene Weaving and Colleen English are editing a special issue focused on feminist sport philosophers: "Feminist Sport Philosophy Greatest of All Time (GOATs)." Find more information here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Feminist Sport Philosophy Greatest of all Time (GOATs)
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Feb 20
The most recent issue of Sport, Ethics, and Philosophy has been released today: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsep20/1.... Although the contributions address various topics, they all orbit around the ontological study of sport and esports.
Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
Volume 19, Issue 1 of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
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Javi Lopez Frias @javierlopez.bsky.social · Feb 12
This beauty has been assigned to the 18.5 issue of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy: "Book symposium on Return of the Grasshopper: Games, Leisure and the Good Life in the Third Millennium" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Book symposium on Return of the grasshopper: games, leisure and the good life in the third millennium
Bernard Suits’ groundbreaking work, The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia, has profoundly shaped the philosophy of sport. Its sequel, Return of the Grasshopper: Games, Leisure, and the Good Life...
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Javi Lopez Frias @javierlopez.bsky.social · Feb 9
My first editorial as the editor of this spectacular journal: Standing on the shoulders of giants www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Standing on the shoulders of giants
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Feb 6
Micah Tillman examines one of Suits' most underexplored topics, open games, in "Suits on make-believe games": www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Suits on make-believe games
While Bernard Suits's understanding of games has significantly influenced the philosophy of sport, the longest sustained investigation in The Grasshopper is of make-believe and roleplaying games. S...
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DrG @drgd.bsky.social · Jan 29
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · Feb 3
Paul Davis's "A Partisan’s Paradox" draws on Hegel, Rawls, and Nietzsche, making an impactful contribution to the philosophical debate surrounding sports fandom. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A Partisan’s Paradox
There appears to be a paradox at the heart of the psychology of partisan sport fandom. Fans regularly relish the prospect of or retrospect fondly upon a tough contest, yet during the contest they w...
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