Preliminary communication
VIOLENCE AS A BIOETHICAL ISSUE IN SPORT
Ivica Kelam
orcid.org/0000-0001-9087-0314
; Faculty of Education, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek
Tomislav Nedić
orcid.org/0000-0003-4344-8465
; Academy of Arts and Culture, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek
Abstract
In the past decades, sport has emerged as an essential factor in shaping culture
in many societies. Coupled with the pervasive presence of television and instant
reporting of events across the globe, sport has become the spotlight for all that
is common across cultures. Conversely, sport has also become a pivotal issue
when one examines values, priorities, ethics, lifestyle, and well-being in modern
societies. We are regularly exposed to the media outline of sport and violence in
sports; we forget that violence is often associated with sport in many invisible
ways. When we talk about violence and sport, we usually think primarily about
violence among players or violence among fans, completely ignoring many other
forms of violence associated with sport. In our reflection, we should bear in
mind that sport is merely a reflection of society. Taking this into account in our
presentation, we will show that there are multiple forms of violence around and in
sports. In the paper, we will use the definition and types of sport-related violence
by Kevin Young. Through the analysis of the types of sport-related violence, we
will determine how much sport-related violence is a bioethical issue. In this
paper, we will show that sports violence is not limited to the sports field alone,
but that it encompasses many spheres of life and society. The expected scientific
contribution of the paper is to point out the broad and comprehensive problem
of violence in and around sports. Only through accurate detection of all types of
violence in and around sports, it is possible to find a fundamental starting point
for trying to solve the problem of violence in and around sports.
Keywords
sport; bioethics; Kevin Young; sport-related violence
Hrčak ID:
249713
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Publication date:
6.12.2020.
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