INQ-120 | Sport and Ethics

Full Title: Sport and Ethics

Topic Description:

Should a person be able to ingest a substance to help sport performance? Does it matter if that substance is a soda or a steroid? Is it okay to break a game rule if it helps your team win? Are athletes obligated to be role models? In our society, sports can fascinate through playing, watching, or talking about the games. Sports also have an impact on nearly every life, positively and negatively, of both the passionate fan and the uninterested person who cannot tell the difference between a touchdown and a touchback. This course will inquire some of the sociological and ethical considerations of sport and life, and illuminate some of these complex issues. The course goal is for each student to consider how sport can impact life, and to contemplate and question the many perspectives in which sporting endeavors can be viewed.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: November 2015