Sport, Ethics and Philosophy

The data dilemma: determining ownership of professional athlete data

Published on 12 May 2026

by Kathryn Johnston Sam Robertson Sasha Gollish Joseph Baker a Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canadab Institute for Health & Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australiac School of Human Movement & Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australiad Mental Health and Physical Activity Research Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Sustaining the unsustainable: FIFA 2026, the climate crisis, and fetishistic disavowal

Published on 27 Apr 2026

by Chris McMillan School of Social Sciences, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Beyond the fields

Published on 16 Apr 2026

by Aaron Harper Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, West Liberty University, WV, USA

From the Hand of God to the eye of VAR

Published on 13 Apr 2026

by Nir Eisikovits Alec Stubbs a Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USAb Department of Philosophy and Religion, Northeastern University Oakland, Oakland, CA, USA

Embodied eco-consciousness in paragliding: a multi-method phenomenological approach to a cosmic sport

Published on 2 Apr 2026

by Mary Schirrer Nicolas Aubin Christophe Schnitzler Lisa Lefèvre a LISEC (UR 2310), Université de Lorraine, Nancy, Franceb Académie de Nancy-Metz, Nancy, Francec E3S (EA 1342), Strasbourg, Franced HEP de Vaud, Lausanne, Switzerland

The play of champions part two: toward a theory of skill in PvE based eSport

Published on 30 Mar 2026

by Lasse Juel Larsen Department of Design, Media and Educational Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

The dangers of abstracting away from soccer institutions

Published on 27 Mar 2026

by Nina Windgätter Philosophy Department, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA

Soccer’s darkness and lights: the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup amid global politics and organizational interests

Published on 24 Mar 2026

by Francisco Javier Lopez Frías Kinesiology and Health Science, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA

Democratic governance of sport technology: Feenberg’s critical theory and the Design–Integration–Transformation (DIT) model

Published on 23 Mar 2026

by Marwan Hellal School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada

Paying athletes can undermine their autonomy

Published on 18 Mar 2026

by Byron Hyde a Centre for Ethics in Medicine, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UKb School of History, Law and Social Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK

FIFA’s human rights commitments and complicity with the United States government: transnational responsibility in global sports governance

Published on 17 Mar 2026

by Alberto Carrio Sampedro José Luis Pérez Triviño Legal Philosophy, Department of Law, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain

On football and philosophy: an interview with FIFA Men’s World Cup winner and intellectual Jorge Valdano

Published on 17 Mar 2026

by Cesar R. Torres Francisco Javier López Frías a Kinesiology, Sport Studies and Physical Education, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY, USAb Kinesiology, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USAc Kinesiology and Health Science, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA

Should soccer federations boycott the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup?: a disputation

Published on 17 Mar 2026

by Adam Berg David Kilpatrick a Department of Kinesiology, The University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USAb Mercy University, Dobbs Ferry, NY, USA

A reflection on what it means to be a great football player and the distinction between wanting to win and aiming to win

Published on 16 Mar 2026

by Cesar R. Torres a Department of Kinesiology, Sport Studies and Physical Education, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY, USAb Department of Kinesiology, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA

Replies from the author

Published on 10 Mar 2026

by Stephen Mumford Philosophy, Durham University, Durham, UK

Art and the centrality of the athletic body in motion in the aesthetics of football

Published on 7 Mar 2026

by Teresa Oliveira Lacerda Faculty of Sports, CIFI2D, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Football, luck and life

Published on 6 Mar 2026

by Alfred Archer Department of Philosophy, Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands

Pluralizing expertise in sport: the epistemic challenges of a holistic vision of physical activity

Published on 12 Feb 2026

by Philippe Terral Faculty of Sport and Human Movement, CreSco, CreSco University of Toulouse France, Toulouse, France

Gaming with a heart: the case for esports amateurism

Published on 12 Feb 2026

by David Ekdahl Jörg Krieger Anne Brus Department of Public Health – Section for Sport Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Failure as a renunciation of enjoyment: an interpretation of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s discourse*

Published on 8 Feb 2026

by Lucas Contador Dourado da Silva Odilon José Roble FEF, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

From discipline to conocimiento: feminist and decolonial readings of elite sport through Gloria Anzaldúa

Published on 4 Feb 2026

by Carolina Fernandes da Silva Sports Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

The crown of happiness: towards an ancient Greek philosophy of sport in Lucian’s Anacharsis

Published on 31 Jan 2026

by Heather L. Reid Department of Philosophy, Morningside University, Sioux City, Iowa, USA

Cosmosis and the human imagination: the symbolic incorporation of the environment in the experience of traditional climbing

Published on 18 Jan 2026

by Eric Sioji Ito Soraia Chung Saura Ana Cristina Zimmermann a Faculty of Education, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazilb School of Physical Education and Sport, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

When a foul is not a foul: strategic fouling and the creativity of self-limitation

Published on 17 Jan 2026

by Jack Black School of Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, South Yorkshire, Sheffield, UK

Win to play, don’t play to win! A Kantian take on the ethics of sporting competition

Published on 14 Jan 2026

by David A. Holiday Philosophy Department, Depauw University, Greencastle, USA

Correction

Published on 11 Jan 2026

Going extreme for cosmosis: from ecosophical play to ascetological pain

Published on 5 Jan 2026

by Ron Welters Sport, Exercise & Society, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

The three worlds of the minimalist runner: enactive analysis of a transition to barefoot running

Published on 5 Jan 2026

by Yannick Linossier Brice Favier-Ambrosini Matthieu Quidu a Research Laboratory on Vulnerabilities and Innovation in Sport, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, Franceb Interuniversity Research Centre on Teacher Education and the Teaching Profession, Université du Québec Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Canadac Research Laboratory on Vulnerabilities and Innovation in Sport, Sports Science and Physical Education at Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France

Ecological grief and embodied place-attachment processes in nature-based sport: unsettling dominant body/land dynamics through cosmic attunement

Published on 30 Dec 2025

by Emmanuelle Larocque Department of Social Work, Université du Québec En Outaouais, Gatineau, Québec, Canada

Is justice in sport defective?

Published on 29 Dec 2025

by Anna Di Giandomenico Department of Political Science, Universita degli Studi di Teramo Facolta di Scienze Politiche, Teramo, Italy