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Match-Fixing: Working Towards an Ethical Framework
Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, Volume: 42, Issue: 3, Pages: 393 - 407
Swansea University Author:
Andrew Harvey
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/00948705.2015.1037767
Abstract
How does match-fixing, or other unfair manipulation of matches, that involves under-performance by players, or refereeing and umpiring that prevents fair competition, be thought of in ethical terms? In this article, I outline the different forms that match-fixing can take and seek to comprehend thes...
| Published in: | Journal of the Philosophy of Sport |
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| ISSN: | 0094-8705 1543-2939 |
| Published: |
2015
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35463 |
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How does match-fixing, or other unfair manipulation of matches, that involves under-performance by players, or refereeing and umpiring that prevents fair competition, be thought of in ethical terms? In this article, I outline the different forms that match-fixing can take and seek to comprehend these disparate scenarios within Kantian, Hegelian and contractualist ethical frameworks. I tentatively suggest that, by developing an ethical opposition to match-fixing in sport, we can give much greater substance to popular phrases such as ‘respect for the game’, encompassing the value of sport itself and respect for other players, fans, sponsors and organisers. Arguing that match-fixing denies recognition to these ‘others’ demonstrates how fundamentally match-fixing ‘hollows out’ sport because a fixed match is of no worth: the whole value of the game has literally been evacuated. |
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| Keywords: |
match-fixing, respect, contractualism, recognition, cheating, imperative duties |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| Issue: |
3 |
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393 |
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407 |