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CIRCLE Working Paper 44: February 2006<br />

<strong>Sports</strong>, Youth and Character: A Critical Survey<br />

188 Shields and Bredemeier, “Moral Development and Behavior in Sport,” p. 593; Shields and<br />

Bredemeier, Character Development and Physical Activity, p. 113; Bredemeier and Shields, “Athletic<br />

Aggression,” p. 21.<br />

189 Bredemeier and Shields, “Athletic Aggression,” pp. 17-18.<br />

190 Bredemeier and Shields, “Athletic Aggression,” p. 21.<br />

191 Shields and Bredemeier, “Moral Development and Behavior in Sport,” p. 589.<br />

192 Bredemeier and Shields, “Game Reasoning and Interactional Morality,” p. 272.<br />

193 Shields and Bredemeier, “Moral Development and Behavior in Sport,” p. 593.<br />

194 Shields and Bredemeier, “Moral Development and Behavior in Sport,” p. 593.<br />

195 2nd Ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999).<br />

196 Jennifer M. Beller and Sharon Kay Stoll, Moral Reasoning and Moral Development in Sport Review<br />

and HBVCI Manual (Moscow, Idaho: Center for Ethics, University <strong>of</strong> Idaho, 1992), p. 69. Moral theorists<br />

<strong>of</strong>ten distinguish between deontological and consequentialist moral theories. Deontologists argue that<br />

the foundation <strong>of</strong> morality lies in duty or right; consequentialists argue that moral practices take their<br />

ultimate justification from the overall balance <strong>of</strong> human welfare they create. <strong>The</strong> dispute between<br />

deontologists and consequentialists interests philosophers but it has no bearing on actual moral practice,<br />

including the goods and bads <strong>of</strong> sports participation. <strong>The</strong> reason is this: each philosophical account<br />

purports to explain all <strong>of</strong> morality’s main features. If some basic duty (e. g., treat all persons as ends<br />

in themselves, never as mere means) underlies all <strong>of</strong> morality, nevertheless this duty must provide<br />

room (and support) for the creation <strong>of</strong> conventional roles and practices, many <strong>of</strong> which will have as their<br />

point the production <strong>of</strong> good consequences. Likewise, if the basic grounding <strong>of</strong> morality lies, e. g., in<br />

its tendency to maximize human happiness, this grounding must be compatible with (and support the<br />

creation <strong>of</strong>) conventional roles and practices, some <strong>of</strong> which will impose strict duties and obligations on<br />

agents that limit their acting to accomplish good ends. A deontological theory <strong>of</strong> morality must recognize<br />

social roles like “parent” where the role-holder’s duty is to promote the welfare <strong>of</strong> other agents, and a<br />

consequentialist moral theory must recognize social roles that impose duties (like the fiduciary duty <strong>of</strong> a<br />

lawyer holding money in trust for a minor) that restrain the discretion <strong>of</strong> the duty-holder to promote the<br />

welfare <strong>of</strong> others. <strong>The</strong> word ‘deontological’ has no significant meaning when used by Beller and Stoll.<br />

197 Sharon K. Stoll and Jennifer M. Beller, “Does Sport Build Character?” in Gerdy, ed., <strong>Sports</strong> in School,<br />

p. 21.<br />

198 Stoll and Beller, “Does Sport Build Character?” p. 22.<br />

199 Beller and Stoll, Moral Reasoning and Moral Development in Sport Review and HBVCI Manual, p. 54.<br />

200 Beller and Stoll, Moral Reasoning and Moral Development in Sport Review and HBVCI Manual, p. 69.<br />

201 Lumpkin, Stoll, and Beller, Sport Ethics; Applications for Fair Play, p. 4.<br />

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