The Sports Ethicist

Arizona Horizon: LIV-PGA and Sportswashing

  I had the pleasure of appearing on the AZ PBS show Arizona Horizon with Ted Simons on Monday June 12. We talked about the moral complexities of the recent LIV-PGA merger and the broader issue of “sportswashing.” Here’s a … Continue reading →

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IAPS @ Pacific APA 2023: Bernard Suits’s Utopian Legacy

IAPS is hosting a session at this year’s Pacific APA. The Pacific APA is being held in San Francisco, April 5-8, 2023. The session is Friday April 7, 2023, 7-9 pm Topic: Bernard Suits’s Utopian Legacy Chair: Shawn E. Klein … Continue reading →

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Brief Review: Infinite Baseball

On one hand, I really rather enjoyed this book. The chapters are short and pithy. Noë’s musings about baseball are thought-provoking; and his love of baseball shines through out. His idea that baseball is all about deciding who’s responsible for … Continue reading →

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The Super Bowl and the Penalty that shouldn’t have been called

Sunday’s Super Bowl was a great one. The game was well-played, close and exciting. Both Mahomes and Hurts were excellent. There were very few mistakes by either team, though Hurts did have a costly fumble in the first half and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Philosophy, Sport, and the Pandemic

My review of Philosophy, Sport, and the Pandemic, edited by Jeffrey Fry and Andrew Edgar, was published on the Nordic Sport Science Forum. There are some excellent chapters in this new anthology on sport and the pandemic, but my overall … Continue reading →