Philosophy and Ethics on the Field

In his writing, A Practical Companion to Ethics, Anthony Weston explains people are more judgmental and it causes a lot more problems than solutions. Anthony Weston feels Ethics requires us to be mindful thinkers, because it helps fight unjust prejudgment. I personally feel this could help fix court systems, federal, and state wide corruption. Most importantly being a mindful thinker could help businesses. There are so many reasons that could fall under Anthony’s theory. Getting to know the author and his work. I feel his mindful thinking is to reach out to others and interact with more people in an expressive way. Weston believes this will help our community progress in a positive manner towards others. I think he feels ethics requires us

First, every team should have a medical personnel to help the injured players. Bob Ferraro, CEO of National High School Coaches Association said, “It should be mandatory to have a medical personnel at each game to attend injuries”(Murray).If there is a push to make it mandatory at the high school level, that same rule should apply to the middle school level. In a meeting, John Engh, the COO of the National Association for Youth Sports stated a trained personnel would be a major step to protecting the players(Murray). If every team had a trained personnel they could teach the coaches of the real

I believe that athletes excel in sports they enjoy and I hope to make the experience the best it can be for them,

The coach will portray that mistakes are not acceptable and the athletes should make as little mistakes as possible. The coach will also show that he/she does not have patience for the athletes that cannot pick up the skills quickly. The coach will condition them if they make mistakes. The coach will have a very loud strong voice, demanding, and intimidating attitude. The coach will enforce fundamentals and skills that the athlete will need to be successful in the sport.

Coaches have a profound impact on their players not only with their words, but with their actions. Coaches have the power and influence to lead their players to become more sportsmanlike by modeling ethical and moral behavior. Coaches have the duty and responsibility to be role models for the athletes. Matheny (2015) states, “We’ve been given the rare privilege and heavy responsibility of influencing young people on a daily basis, for better or for worse, for the rest of their lives” (p. 53). Coaches need to take this responsibility seriously and model ethical behavior at all times.

Virtue ethics is one of three dominant methods in normative ethics (deontology and consequentialism). These three approaches are distinguished by the way that an ethical situation/scenario is approached, not on the inferences made. Ethics refers to the moral values that directs an individual’s behaviour. Virtues ethics underlines the role of the character and virtues that one embodies whilst deciphering ethical behaviour. For example a scenario where it is evident that a person is in need of help, a virtue ethicist would state that by helping one would be altruistic and benevolent. Virtue ethics highlights on the agent not the actions, it expresses that morality is derived from the character or ‘morals’, as

Coaches have to know what is going on during a game. Coaches need to know when to sub players so they don’t get tired during a game. As an athlete I know that rest is a great thing for the player. If the player is tired he/she won’t be playing to their full potential. They also need to call the proper plays. I know that a coach calling the right plays can lead to a win for the team and the coach will have to recognize the other team’s formation in order to call

Should there be stricter rules about how coaches treat their players? Does the way coaches teach influence the players’ behaviors? Most believe that the way a coach teaches is to bring out the best in that player and, show that player their real self. Coaches that use strict methods bring out other parts of certain players they may have never seen before. They also give the fundamentals of life advising players on what they need to work on personally and mentally. Giving insight on what they see inside that player and giving the key to unlock their full potential.

Your coaching philosophy will be similar to your philosophy off of the field. As a teacher my

One thing that mostly all student and teenagers have in common is being involved in sports. What does every sport have to have? A coach. Being involved in sports has taught me to respect my coaches, parents, teacher, and any other authorities and to listen to what they have to say. Through sports, I was taught that when I didn’t listen, there would be some type of punishment coming my way. I would then learn that sometimes keeping quiet might just be the best option. Because of sports, I am able to work hard and get things done fast and easily.

First, playing sports teaches many valuable life lessons such as responsibility and a hard work ethic. Responsibility is very crucial in life, and people use it everyday. It ties into a student’s academics because he needs to have responsibility in order to do well in school. According to Dr. David Geier

Ethics like we discussed last week is an extremely complex subject and what exactly is right and wrong is not something we have perfected. However in the textbook “A Practical Companion to Ethics” written by Anthony Weston, he brings up the ethical idea of theory and the families of moral values. This idea of a family of moral values is very different from the commandments described from last week. The family's invite the idea of theory instead of anything concrete, these are topics that combine many different morals and values only when needed. Weston focus a majority of the chapter on the ethics of happiness and the theory of utilitarianism. The idea of net happiness is very key in this theory, one must focus on the overall happiness of life and earth instead of a constant pleasure. The book defines utilitarianism as “Seek[ing] the greatest good (happiness, fulfillment, well

This situation, while extreme, presents us with a myriad of different ethical dilemmas involving the respect for life. Although we may not face this kind of grave situation on a daily basis the lessons we can learn from this case study can be applied to the ethics based questions we do encounter in everyday life. By examining the choices and intentions of each of the involved individuals we are able to see the application of different arguments and points of view. While the parties involved differ greatly in their beliefs and convictions, every individual concerned is attempting to protect the sanctity of human life in the way that they believe is best.

This responsibility includes those of the personal and social nature. On a personal level, we have to take care of ourselves and stay healthy and happy individuals. Socially I strongly believe in the saying, do unto others, as you would like them to do unto you. Abiding by this rule helps society to operate as smoothly as possible without too much conflict. Besides, it is not worth any minute of our shirt lifetime to be unhappy or rude. We as humans are able to make conscious, individual choice and take responsibility for our actions, beliefs, feelings and attitudes. And I believe that we need to exercise these abilities.

As rational beings we have power to choose whether to act on our desires. Will (desire) leads to choice. Choice leads to action. Action repeated becomes habit. Sartre believed that “existence precedes essence(Sartre 500)”. Basically meaning we exist first and then we do things that define ourselves and our lives in whatever way we choose and this determines our essence, and what it means to be a human being. If existence really does precede essence,man is responsible for what he is. Aristotle believes as rational beings we have power to choose whether to act on our desires. Similar to Aristotle 's beliefs, Kant believes that one should act rationally will for your action to become a universal mind, keeping in mind, “What is everyone did it?”