Aim: Students are to demonstrate a sound understanding of the ethical
theories listed below, their relevance to the debate on the use of
performance enhancing drugs in sport and the implications for the
governance and practice of sport domestically and internationally.
Students should show familiarity with the associated debates in the
academic literature.
1. Utilitarianism
2. Kantian deontology
3. Rawls? theory of justice
4. Rights
5. Normative ethical relativism.
Question:
Firstly, use ethical theory to explain and discuss clearly, what precisely is
wrong or right with using performance enhancing drugs in sport. Your
explanation and discussion must include the following,
1. Utilitarianism (act and rule)
2. Kantian deontology
3. Rawls? theory of justice
4. Rights
5. The challenge of normative ethical relativism
Secondly, given your discussion, what conclusions can you draw
regarding the governance and practice of sport domestically and
internationally?
these are very important notes, it is as it is from the unit outline:
Notes
1. This is a major piece of assessment which will require sustained reading,
reflection and writing. It is strongly recommended that you commence
your assignment in Week 1 of the teaching period and consistently
develop it as each topic is covered on a week-by-week basis. Failure to
prepare is to be prepared to fail!
2. Your essay must demonstrate a sound understanding of each of the
ethical theories and their application to the business, governance and
practice of sport. Be sure to weight your word limit in line with the
marking allocation shown on the feedback sheet.
3. Your application of theory to practice must demonstrate strong skills in
analysis. Application or using ethical theory to identify ethics issues
requires more than descriptions of cases.
4. You are expected to conform to high standards of literacy and academic
practice, including literature research and full documentation of sources.
This means you must use references in your essay and you must cite
those references both in the text and in an end reference list. Failure to
do so is likely to result in a failed paper. Please use the author-date
method which is explained in this Companion (p25-27). Be sure to
express the ideas you read about in your own words, but acknowledge
their source by citing the reference. Avoid direct quotes as they do not
demonstrate to the marker your understanding of the concepts and
reading material. Direct quotes attract no marks.
High standards of literacy means that your paragraphs should be well
developed (not one sentence!). If you do not know how to construct a
paragraph or essay, then please visit the Academic Skills Centre (see
http://www.canberra.edu.au/studyskills). If you do not know how to access
electronic journals, please see the library staff for a training session.
5. Your essay should have a brief introduction (an introduction should be
more than a summary in the future tense) and a solid conclusion (note a
conclusion is not a summary in the past tense). The conclusion can
relate back to the introduction. See page 23 of this Companion.
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