A functional analysis of cheating and corruption in sports

IF 1.2 3区哲学 Q3 ETHICS

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/00948705.2023.2174550

Sinclair A. MacRae

引用次数: 1

Abstract

ABSTRACT My main goal here is to develop a functional analysis of cheating and corruption in sports, and to differentiate cheating within the broader category of corruption. Whereas officials can act corruptly, they cannot cheat. In contrast, sports participants, since they occupy two roles, can do both. I argue that although acts of cheating are acts of corruption, not all corrupt acts by competitors are acts of cheating. I also respond to some skeptical challenges and criticisms of the concept of ‘cheating’ by providing some opposing arguments and a provisional definition. I argue that cheating in sports occurs in the context of a complex institutional practice. It transpires due to some failing in the efforts and/or limitations of sports officials to prohibit it. In central cases it consists in both the functional and ethical violation of the constitutional norms of a sport in the service of obtaining unearned victory for the cheater.

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体育作弊与腐败的功能分析

我的主要目标是对体育运动中的作弊和腐败进行功能分析，并在更广泛的腐败类别中区分作弊。虽然官员可以腐败，但他们不能作弊。相比之下，体育参与者，因为他们扮演两个角色，可以两者兼得。我认为，虽然作弊行为是腐败行为，但并非所有竞争对手的腐败行为都是作弊行为。我也通过提供一些反对的观点和一个临时的定义来回应一些对“作弊”概念的质疑和批评。我认为，体育运动中的作弊行为发生在一个复杂的制度实践背景下。它的发生是由于体育官员在禁止它的努力和/或限制方面的一些失败。在核心案例中，它包括在功能和道德上违反体育运动的宪法规范，为作弊者获得不劳而获的胜利服务。

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Journal of the Philosophy of Sport Multiple-

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1.90

自引率

14.30%

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