Time(s)

• Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM
• Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:55 PM - 5:15 PM

Instructor

• Professor Alex Wolf-Root

Delivery

• In-person

Description

Are college athletes exploited? How does sport impact health and wellbeing, and are all such impacts acceptable? Are doping bans justifiable? In what way does sport impact gender equity, and how should we improve such situations? Are esports even sports?

Consider taking The Philosophy of Sport with Professor Alex Wolf-Root in Spring 2023!

Answering these questions requires knowing a lot of facts and it helps to have some direct experiences with sport, but we also need philosophical knowledge of moral terms (like exploitation, justification, and obligation) and philosophical skill (such as moral evaluation).

As it turns out, philosophical knowledge and skill also can help with other important parts of our lives.

This course offers an introductory engagement with philosophy through a focus on issues that arise in and around sport.