Abstract
Slobodno vrijeme i sport su bitne i međusobno povezane pojave današnjice, koje pred misao i etiku postavljaju mnoga pitanja i nude odgovore relevantne za izbor puta kojim ćemo ići, jer usmjeravaju ljudske težnje i djelovanje. Sport je postao vrlo važan fenomen, te se njime bave filosofija i još više etika, koja u njemu ne otkriva samo negativnosti, nego i vrlo važne elemente suvremenog života. Sport je značajan za etičko mišljenje u dvama područjima – u bioetici, kao zaštiti i unapređenju življenja, i u kulturi – kojoj doprinosi svojom bîti, praksom i duhovnim i moralnim vrijednostima.Free time and sport are substantial and interconnected phenomena of today. They pose many questions for thought and ethics offering answers relevant for making a choice of the direction of human aspirations and acts. Sport has become very considerable phenomenon, so philosophy and moreover ethics attend to it, discovering in the sport not only negative things, but also a very significant elements of recent life. Sport has a specific importance in ethical thought in two fields – bioethics, as a protection and development of living, and culture – to which sport contributes with its essence, its practice and its spiritual and moral values