PHILOSOPHY OF SPORT

COURSE OUTLINE

SPRING 2024

 1. Practical Matters/Overview 

A. Philosophy & Sports 

2. What is sports? 

A. Definition of terms 

B. Basic Principles 

C. Ways of Participating 

D. The Seven Seals 

3. Ethical Issues in Sports 

A. Overemphasis on Winning 

B. Competition 

C. Alienation 

D. Drugs 

4. Sports & Society 

A. Sport & Values 

B. Racism 

C. Sexism 

D. The Athlete as Hero 

5. Women & Sports--P 

A. Transgender Athletes 

6. Sports & the Media--P 

7. Sports & Money--P 

8. Sports & Education--P 

A. Children & Colleges & Universities 

9. Sports & Government & Reform--P 

10. The Costs & Benefits of Participation--P 

11. Self-Knowledge & Sports--P 

A. Psychoanalysis 

B. Zen 

C. Socrates 

12. The Mind & Body--P 

A. Dualism 

B. Materialism 

C. Phenomenology 

D. Plato 

13. Aesthetics & Sports--P 

A. Sport as Art 

B. Art & Play 

14. Why Sports? 

A. Play & Openness 

B. Finitude & Freedom 

C. Fun 

D. Being Human 

E. Health 

F. Religion