The Virtues, Moral Education, and the Practice of Sport

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present the view that sport. when seen as a valued human practice, is a form of moral education. The first section comprises a brief explication of the virtues: their nature, variety, and importance in human life. The second section. written from an Aristotelian perspective, shows how the virtues relate to the development of character and moral education. The final section presents the argument that the virtues are not only necessary to promote and preserve sport as a valued practice and procure its distinctive intrinsic goods but also contribute to and help constitute what it means to he a morally educated person.