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Why the rules do not prohibit cheating in sports
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Author (aut): MacRae, Sinclair A.
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The idea that cheaters cannot (really) win in sports persists among philosophers, mainly due to the lingering influence of Bernard Suits’ logical incompatibility thesis. In this article I explain why the thesis does not apply to sports. I argue that the question whether cheating can be prohibited in sports is empirical rather than analytic, as is the case for games subject to the thesis. Thus, sports rules do not make cheating impossible and since game officials cannot always detect cheating and punish cheaters, cheating is a part of sports and cheaters sometimes win. Even if advances in technology made it impossible for cheaters to evade detection, since in-game officials will never know whether their attempts to provide restorative justice to those victimized by acts of cheating are successful, and since cheaters exploit this fact, it follows that not only is cheating a part of sports, but it always will be. |
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18(5)
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1751-133X
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1 online resource (15 pages)
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497
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https://doi.org/10.1080/17511321.2023.2254941
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This work is completed in its entirety by Sinclair A McRaie. All rights reserved.
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Logical incompatibility thesis
Perfect control condition
Imperfect detection condition
The epistemological problem
Rectificatory justice
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