PHIL 320 Philosophy of Sport
An examination of philosophical issues that arise in the context of sports, such as the following: the nature of sports, games, and play; the function of rules in sports; the role of sports in a good human life; virtues and vices in sports; fairness, cheating, doping, and technological enhancement in sports; the relationship between amateur and professional sports; and the justification for dividing sports into single-sex and disabled categories.
Area I. Enduring Questions Addressed: (1) The human condition: What is the relationship between our body and our soul, our physical and our spiritual identity, (2) The good life: What makes a life good? How can we live a good life or best pursue it? What is opposed to it?