Original scientific paper
BIOETHICS OF SPORT – THE LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE OF SPORT
Matija Mato Škerbić
orcid.org/0000-0003-0006-4533
; Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
Abstract
The author approaches the bioethics of sport as crucial in considering the
future of today’s sport. Within the bioethics of sport, the youngest sub-discipline
of the philosophy of sport (McNamee and Morgan, 2015), the author notices
and distinguishes two fundamental viewpoints that differ in the understanding
of bio in the notion of bioethics. Thus, on the one hand, bio is understood as biotechnology
and bio-medicine and includes a discussion of the problems within
such areas in sport. On the other hand, bio is understood as life or bios, which
includes a wide range of additional sport-related issues. Furthermore, the author
considers the bioethics of sport as the most discussed and most vibrant branch
of sports philosophy and as crucial for today’s (professional) sports and its
future. Namely, within the area, the most complex problems and cases in sport
were discussed and/or resolved, such as those of O. Pistorious, M. Rehm, and
C. Semenye, including the recent pandemic caused by the COVID-19. In this
sense, the author brings ten anticipated scenarios for the future development of
modern sports, based on previous sports-bioethical considerations, research,
and insights.
Keywords
bioethics of sport; bio-medicine; biotechnology; bios or life; future of sport
Hrčak ID:
249689
URI
Publication date:
6.12.2020.
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