A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Achievements, Success and Goodness in Sports
Authors: Arvi Pakaslahti
Publisher: Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Publication year: 2013
Journal: FairPlay : Revista de Filosofia, Ética y Derecho del Deporte
Number in series: 2
Volume: 1
Issue: 2
First page : 2
Last page: 11
Number of pages: 10
ISSN: 2014-9255
eISSN: 2014-9255
Web address : http://www.upf.edu/revistafairplay/en/actual/#.UxhPTRDDUeU(external)
Abstract
In this article I provide some theoretical basis for evaluating the successfulness of an athlete, the goodness of an athlete and the magnitude of an athlete’s achievements as well as for understanding their interrelationships. Related to this, an important aim of this article is to show that there are many philosophically interesting and complex questions related to achievements, success and goodness in sports and that consequently various votings and polls about athletes that are connected to achievements, success and goodness are philosophically far from uninteresting.
In this article I provide some theoretical basis for evaluating the successfulness of an athlete, the goodness of an athlete and the magnitude of an athlete’s achievements as well as for understanding their interrelationships. Related to this, an important aim of this article is to show that there are many philosophically interesting and complex questions related to achievements, success and goodness in sports and that consequently various votings and polls about athletes that are connected to achievements, success and goodness are philosophically far from uninteresting.
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