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ETHICS AND CHANGES IN SPORT
Authors: Jovo Radoš, Milan Nešić
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Et hics, as a prac ti cal phi lo sophy, is fo und in es sen tial re la ti on ships and re la ti ons
with ot her re le vant prac ti cal di sci pli nes (eco no mics, law, po li tics, sport, etc.). Every human
ac ti vity is et hi cally gro un ded. The re fo re, hu man et hics, which in clu des sport et hics,
is one of the fun da men tal cri te ria for esta blis hing mo ral re la ti ons in dif fe rent are as of
sport li fe. Sport mo ra le stems from a uni ver sally ac cep ted et hic sle gal prin ci ples that aim
at ma in ta i ning sport spi rit ba sed on the Olympics co dex and hu ma nity prin ci ples, among
which are: con sci o u sness and ho nesty, rig hte o u sness, cul tu ral-be ha vi or prin ci ple, openness,
and the li ke.
Chan ges in sport (or ga ni za ti o nal, struc tu ral, com pe ti tion, etc.) need to be ade qu ately
adju sted to uni ver sal, and ge ne rally ac cep ted, va lu es. Avo i ding de on to lo gi cal et hics
ine vi tably le ads to in cre a sed sports im mo ra lity (re fe re es_ fi xing match re sults, spec tators_
ag gres si ve be ha vi or, che a ting using for bid den do ping, etc.). Thus, pro jec ting and
in tro du cing in no va ti ons in the fi eld of sport, which, af ter all, are ne ces sary and una vo ida
ble in all are as of li fe, in clu ding sport, will even tu ally show its po si ti ve re sults only if
the afo re men ti o ned aspects of sport ethics are taken into consideration.