Sports can form you for good or for ill. A couple of months ago, I participated in a forum through Common Good Magazine about moral formation and deformation in sports alongside some really excellent thinkers. Link for our discussion: commongoodmag.com/they-say-spo...

They Say Sports Builds Character | Common Good Magazine

We discuss the relative formative and deformative aspects of sports on those who play, parent, and watch, to answer: Is it true sports builds character?

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As a writer, I co-sign. "Running supports my academic work, particularly my writing. ... Movement is such a big part of the writing process for so many of my friends that I think Office Depot should sell sneakers alongside paper." — @sabrinablittle.bsky.social www.irunfar.com/on-running-a...

New column: Running 🤝 Writing www.irunfar.com/on-running-a...

My first by-line in Psyche: psyche.co/ideas/someti...

Sometimes, the road to virtue comes by way of vice | Psyche Ideas

To work your character into better shape, be like a carpenter who fixes warped wood by bending it the opposite way

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What do you mean incoming students graduate in 2030?

❝[W]we might wonder whether the virtues acquired in sports will impact character outside of sports at all. — @sabrinablittle.bsky.social www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cons... #running #trailrunning #ultrarunning #runsky

Will Sports Prepare Me for Life?

The problem of virtue translation has significant implications for whether sports are a tenable strategy for character development.

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"Will Sports Prepare Me for Life?" - New post on Psychology Today. This is a brief, public-facing version of some new research. Link: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cons...

2/2 ❝We will never know, though, because this is not a testable hypothesis. The runners won’t stay home. — @sabrinablittle.bsky.social www.irunfar.com/welcome-to-r... If you’re new to #running, I would also suggest you follow Sabrina’s writing. Like, all of it. #trailrunning #ultrarunning #runsky

Welcome to Running - new column www.irunfar.com/welcome-to-r...

I wrote about the pursuit of happiness for America's 250th. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cons...

"I do not imagine my racing will be particularly good. I have limited time to train ... But I can return to racing within my current constraints and do my best in this weird phase of life. I'm super excited to race again." — Another gem via @sabrinablittle.bsky.social www.irunfar.com/why-i-need-t...

New column: Why Racing Matters (even when it may not go well) Link: www.irunfar.com/why-i-need-t...

#resilience, #integrity, #magnanimity, #sophrosyne, #intellectual #autonomy 🔓 Little, S. B. (2026). Emergent virtues: Assessing a class of virtues. Philosophical Psychology. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1080/0951...

Emergent virtues: assessing a class of virtues

On neo-Aristotelian accounts, moral virtues are often defined as dispositional traits to think, act, and feel in excellent ways, relevant to the virtue. However, not all moral virtues are dispositi...

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"In all five cases, they’re all honesty crises because of two features: dishonesty in all these cases is becoming more tempting than it was before and harder to detect." Excited to share this interview with Literary Hub and Fiction/Non/Fiction. @literaryhub.bsky.social

👉 "Clean sport is worth protecting. Because if running is not clean, then what is the point?" 💯 Absolutely agree with @sabrinablittle.bsky.social on this. www.irunfar.com/the-ethics-o... #runchat

I made the case for consistent doping norms across professional and non-professional running this month for iRunFar. How do we enforce these norms? Good question. Link: www.irunfar.com/the-ethics-o...

My travel personality is arriving at the airport 2.5 hours before every flight with a meal packed.

I appeared on the Whitworth Flourishing Podcast to discuss character and sports. They asked some really interesting questions about how emotions pertain to virtue, and about whether we have complete agency with respect to changing our emotions. (We don't.) www.podbean.com/media/share/...

Two radically different training philosophies have come to dominate running: the precision-engineered ‘Norwegian Method’ and the group-based training styles embraced by many East African runners. Recent results speak for themselves: the more social, embodied approach is winning out

What Ethiopian running says about the limits of human ability | Aeon Essays

One school of training is highly personalised, technical and data-driven. The other is the one that wins marathons

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Emergent virtues: assessing a class of virtues New article available open-access ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Emergent virtues: assessing a class of virtues

On neo-Aristotelian accounts, moral virtues are often defined as dispositional traits to think, act, and feel in excellent ways, relevant to the virtue. However, not all moral virtues are dispositi...

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This is sick, on quantificational (Norwegian) and community-based (Ethiopian) approaches to endurance training aeon.co/essays/what-...

Me: Sebastian Sawe just broke two hours in the marathon. 3-year-old: Oh, Mommy. I'm sorry your friend broke something.

❝I may never be able to emulate the smooth stride of Sharon Lokedi over the final miles of a #marathon or the raw speed of Zouhair Talbi, but I can emulate their perseverance, humility, resilience, or courage. — @sabrinablittle.bsky.social www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cons... #running #runsky

You Were Inspired by the Boston Marathon. Now What?

Following a big sporting event, it can be easy to walk away unchanged. Or we can recognize that excellence makes a claim on us and decide to become better.

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Big sporting events like the Boston Marathon are exciting. A lot of attention is drawn to the event. We see excellence on display and admire it. But then the day passes. The enthusiasm fades, and we carry on with our lives unchanged. — New column: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cons...

You Were Inspired by the Boston Marathon. Now What?

Following a big sporting event, it can be easy to walk away unchanged. Or we can recognize that excellence makes a claim on us and decide to become better.

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Every time I take a break from running and then resume the activity, I remember why people say that running is hard. It is because running is hard. —— New column on Psychology Today! It’s about why sports are effective for character development. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cons...

Using Sports to Develop Good Character

It is not a foregone conclusion that we are training our attention, actions, and affections in the right ways in sports. It is important to examine how sports are forming us.

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What we cultivate grows. I wrote about ultrarunning culture for iRunFar. www.irunfar.com/ultrarunning...

I am sharing an office with my husband for the first time and just learned that I speak under my breath when I'm thinking through an idea. Who knew? I didn't.

This semester, I was added as an OSU Sports and Society Initiative (SSI) affiliate. They wrote about my work here: sportsandsociety.osu.edu/news/ultrama...

From Ultramarathons to Moral Questions: New SSI Affiliate Sabrina Little Brings Philosophy of Sport to Ohio State

For seven years, Sabrina Little tested the limits of human endurance — setting American records and winning world championships in ultrarunning.Now, the philosopher and author is examining a different...

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I reviewed Linda Zagzebski's excellent new book, Omnisubjectivity, for NDPR. ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/omni...

Omnisubjectivity: An Essay on God and Subjectivity

Does God know my present joy, as it is experienced by me in all of my creaturely constraints? In Omnisubjectivity, Linda Zagzebski answers in the a...

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"In the same way that you do not have to wash soap because it is self-cleansing, maybe you don’t have to worry about pride in a sport that humbles you at every turn." — @sabrinablittle.bsky.social www.irunfar.com/what-pride-f... #runchat