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Volume 5, Issue 3 (2025)
Geo Res 2025, 5(3): 313-325 |
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Received: 2025/05/2 | Accepted: 2025/07/8 | Published: 2025/09/1
Received: 2025/05/2 | Accepted: 2025/07/8 | Published: 2025/09/1
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Sadeghi R, Zoofaghari Z. Critique of Sports as Cultivation of Moral Virtues Article. Geo Res 2025; 5 (3) :313-325
URL: http://jpt.modares.ac.ir/article-6-80367-en.html
URL: http://jpt.modares.ac.ir/article-6-80367-en.html
1- Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
2- Department of Philosophy and Theology, Faculty of Theology and Al-al-Bayt (Prophet’s Descendants) Studies, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
2- Department of Philosophy and Theology, Faculty of Theology and Al-al-Bayt (Prophet’s Descendants) Studies, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract (1245 Views)
The aim of this article is to critique and analyze the paper titled Sport as Cultivation of Moral Virtues, which claims that sports, apart from their outcomes, possess inherent ethical value. If this claim holds true, it endorses a particular social and individual lifestyle that is part of modern living. However, the main critique is that the author focuses on a limited aspect of sports and discusses the concept of sport detached from the context of the modern world. In reality, sports are a complex phenomenon and an integral part of modern life; they cannot be ethically analyzed in isolation from modern societal relations. The final argument is that while sports may hold an advantage over a sedentary lifestyle, they do not possess greater ethical value compared to activities that bring tangible social or individual benefits. In certain situations, sports can even become counter-ethical.
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