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The ethical
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The Nature of Competition
Sharon Kay Stoll, Ph.D.
Center for ETHICS*
University of Idaho
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What is Competition?
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Competition
The one quality that has
made America
great...motivates to be
discontented with status
quo and being second
best.
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Is competition...
nonmoral or moral?
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What is moral or
nonmoral?
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What is Moral?
All human motives, intentions,
and actions
that deal with, impinge on,
and affect others. Decisions
of moral value.
A good man, a good person,
a good act..
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What is Nonmoral?
Not having to do with moral
issues, decisions about
nonmoral values,
a good dress, a good
house,
a good time.
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So...Is competition moral
or nonmoral?....
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Competition Should NOT
and can not
be concerned with
MORALITY!
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Competition in a Nonmoral Sense
The seeking after something of
value, to the exclusion of
others, while following agreed
upon rules.
James
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Keating, Philosopher
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The Nonmoral Competitor?
Competition is essentially selfish...
It has to be...
It is totally egotistical
and essentially objective:
The whole point is to
"destroy, humiliate, trample, run-off,
take out of the game."
Division I, Linebacker
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"Everybody Else Does it, Doc!"
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Doc, It's nothing personal!
Besides.....
Whose Values are right?
Isn't everything relative?
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The Nonmoral Perspective
I ain't doing nothing to
help the other guy...I
need to kick him in the
head, knee him in the
groin, and take him
out of the game, so I
can play number two.
Anything for the "W".
Division I, Athlete
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So is Competition essentially
Gamesmanship?
The art of pushing rules to the limit,
using dubious methods, without
getting caught.
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Should Competition be Moral
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Competition:
The Expressive Function of Sport
Distinguish Competition
as it is actually carried
out
from
Competition as it OUGHT
to be carried out
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Competition...
A mutual quest for
excellence through
challenge
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"Winning for player or spectator is
not simply outscoring; it is a way
of talking about betterment, about
making oneself, one's fellows,
one's city, one's adherents, more
noble because of a temporary
engagement of a higher human
plane of existence."
A. Bartlett Giamatti
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Two divergent views of
competition.....
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The Perception of Sport
Moral
Good
Nonmoral
MOTIVES
Bad
Excellent Play
Win-At-All-Costs
INTENTIONS
Bad
Good
Sportsmanship
Gamesmanship
Good Game Strategy
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Purpose: Establish dominance
through excellence
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Deceitful Strategy
ACTION
Wrong
Purpose: Take out of game, do
physical, emotional, mental harm.
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What is sportsmanship?
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Sportsmanship:
The moral concept that all
participants in sport, including fans,
coaches, and athletes are honor
bound to follow both the explicit
rules of the game and the implied
spirit of the rules.
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Does sportsmanship/fair play
have anything to do
with
ethics?
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Ethics = Professional Standards
& Rules
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Do the ends justify the means.....?
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Why are ethical
standards important?
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Should We Want To Make Money?
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Is Money Evil?
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How do we weigh the nonmoral value
of making money
and the
purpose of competition?
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How do you decide
if your values
conflict?
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Have you:
Developed your
personal principles?
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What do you value?
List the values.
Choose the three most important.
Put them into negative form.
Decide your exceptions.
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What strategies
do you practice
to support your
principles?
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Have you:
Developed a professional code of ethics
Ethics..
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Do you Model your code of ethics?
1. Walk the Talk
2. Think Before Your React
3. Expect the Same From Others...
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The Center for ETHICS*
Is available to help you....
1. Workshops
2. Presentations
3. Consultation
4. Graduate Study
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