Betterness, injustice and failed athletic contests

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 43 (2):281-293 (2016)
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In this paper, I provide an account of failed athletic contests which consists of two ideals, the Athletic Superiority Ideal and the Just Results Ideal. Related to this, I argue that a sports contest can fail in terms of the Athletic Superiority Ideal without failing in terms of the Just Results Ideal and vice versa. In the process of doing the former, I argue that besides adjudicating errors, cheating, gamesmanship and luck, there are two other types of reasons because of which a sports contest can fail in terms of the Athletic Superiority Ideal. Finally, I argue that my account of failed athletic contests is more plausible than Mika Hämäläinen’s three-standard model of athletic superiority.

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10.1080/00948705.2015.1133247

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The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia.Bernard Suits & Thomas Hurka - 1978 - Peterborough, CA: Broadview Press.
On Winning and Athletic Superiority.Nicholas Dixon - 1999 - Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 26 (1):10-26.
Three Standards of Athletic Superiority.Mika Hämäläinen - 2014 - Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 41 (3):289-302.
Three Standards of Athletic Superiority.Mika Hämäläinen - 2014 - Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 41 (3):289-302.

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