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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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Alfred Archer@alfredarcher.bsky.social · 2d ago

My new paper 'Athletes as Political Representatives' published open access in @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social. It focuses on the form of athletic political representation that I find most interesting: when athletes represent the political through their athletic performances l1nq.com/8lelt16 #philsky

Athletes as political representatives

Athletes are often claimed to be representatives of a wider community, whether that be their club, their nation or humanity as a whole. But in what sense exactly might athletes be understood to be ...

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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA@sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Now that we are into the first week of the #WorldCup, here is a special issue with thoughts on the tournament.

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA@sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The new issue of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy (Vol. 20, No. 2) is out, focusing on the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup: from FIFA's human rights failures to VAR and the philosophy of the beautiful game. A thread on this WC-themed issue. #PhilSport #WC2026 #PhilSky www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsep20/c...

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA@sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The new issue of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy (Vol. 20, No. 2) is out, focusing on the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup: from FIFA's human rights failures to VAR and the philosophy of the beautiful game. A thread on this WC-themed issue. #PhilSport #WC2026 #PhilSky www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsep20/c...

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy

The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup and the beautiful game. Volume 20, Issue 2 of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy

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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA@sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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 · 11mo ago

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 · 12mo ago

Is this article the reason why everyone is talking about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce?

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA@sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · 12mo ago

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....

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA@sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · 12mo ago

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 · 12mo ago

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.

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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA@sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · 12mo ago

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 Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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 · 12mo ago

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 Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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 · 12mo ago

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 Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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 · last yr.

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 · last yr.

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 · last yr.

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 · last yr.

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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Javi Lopez Frias@javierlopez.bsky.social · 2y ago

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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DrG@drgd.bsky.social · 2y ago

EAPS 2025 6th Biennial Conference of the European Association for the Philosophy of Sport (EAPS) in association with the British Association for the Philosophy of Sport (BPSA) eaps2025.iuc.edu.tr/en/_

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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA@sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · 2y ago

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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