On Sportsmanship and “Running Up the Score”: Issues of Incompetence and Humiliation

Good Grasshopping and the Avoidance of Game-Spoiling

“…Essentially, good sportspersons favor the spirit of fun, generosity, and magnanimity. This stance is contrasted with the importance of winning and may be so prominent that the desire to win is negated altogether (13). Within this context, rule violations may be considered praiseworthy insofar as they are intended to grant an advantage to an opponent (2,22).…”

“…Essentially, play requires immersion within some particular activity. Without participatory locatedness, 13 the intrinsic rewards of that activity are not otherwise attainable. In the case of a game, I suggest that it is not possible to attain the rewards considered intrinsic to it without participating in that game.…”

Idrett og etikk –– En oversikt over hovedtemaer i den idrettsfilosofiske diskusjon 1980––2007

“…Hardman, Fox and McLaughlin imøtegår Dixon og hevder at idrett, saerlig på toppnivå, dreier seg om å vinne. 31 Å vinne er viktig. Dixon overser de psykologiske realiteter når han hevder at ydmykelsen ved å tape er svak og kan begrenses til idrett.…”

Irrational or insensitive: Is guilt a proper emotional response to the causing of an unintentional injury?

“…To be sure, there are those who wallow in certain emotions, and guilt may be central among these. 7 But would it necessarily be indulgent to feel guilt and to show it-as if to protest that one was really a good person and that having finished another person's career should not result in moral derision or blame from others? One thing seems clear.…”

“…For example, consider the emotion of "himang" in Korea and its nearest counterpart "hope" in the Western world (see 17) 7. So too embarrassment and humiliation may be sought out for those with pathologically low selfesteem, which they wish to signal to others so that they may be pitied and, in being pitied, at least gain the attention of those they see as significant in one way or another.…”