Abstract

When physical clash occurs on the basketball court, most players would not associate the clash with strong moral connection, because they can get the compensation from the referees or the rules (ex: free throw; adversarial technical foul). However, when the above-mentioned conditions (appealing to the systems or the rules) can't bring into existence, some players would resort to unreasonable behavior (fighting) or even group fighting to express their discontent or protest. Is it (It's wrong to fight) a moral Golden Law? The circumstances of moral conflict seem to appear on the playing court constantly. What moral judgments should players adopt to solve the dilemmas on the court? The researcher would adopt the Game 5 of 4th season on SBL (Dacintigers vs. Azioeagles) of 2006~2007 to be the sample and collect relevant data form in-depth interview with two basketball athletes. Grounded theory is the methodology employed in the research and Qualitative Research-Analysis software Atlas. ti 5.0 is used to encode the data. The researcher hopes to derive the theory during the process of data-analysis. The researcher also attempts to clarify how the two Taiwan professional basketball players face the moral dilemmas. As a result, the researching outcome found that: (1) How to play basketball games? (2) The way to play basketball games. The conclusions are: (1) Professional players must abide by the professional ethics, and that's player's job to bring his/her sporting ability into full play; (2) To trust the referees' judgments; (3)To insist the Golden Law-It's wrong to cheat; (4) To respect the competitors and the cultures of basketball; (5) The traditionalism is not perfect, but it makes you use the strategies capably, and thus obtain competitors' respect and good social images; (6) To trust that the athletes are able to deal with the moral conflict on the court.

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