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Brain-Injured Footballers, Voluntary Choice and Social Goods. A Reply to Corlett
Francisco Javier Lopez Frias,
Michael McNamee 
Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, Pages: 1 - 10
Swansea University Author:
Michael McNamee
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/17511321.2019.1583273
Abstract
In this essay, we respond to Angelo Corlett’s criticism of our paper ‘Ethics, Brain Injuries, and Sports: Prohibition, Reform, and Prudence’. To do so, first, we revisit certain assumptions and arguments Corlett makes concerning intercollegiate football and brain injuries in his 2014 paper ‘Should i...
| Published in: | Sport, Ethics and Philosophy |
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| ISSN: | 1751-1321 1751-133X |
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2019
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa49149 |
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In this essay, we respond to Angelo Corlett’s criticism of our paper ‘Ethics, Brain Injuries, and Sports: Prohibition, Reform, and Prudence’. To do so, first, we revisit certain assumptions and arguments Corlett makes concerning intercollegiate football and brain injuries in his 2014 paper ‘Should intercollegiate football be eliminated?’. Second, we identify and criticize two key elements in his response regarding (a) ‘luck egalitarianism’, and (b) ‘public goods’. We conclude by reaffirming our critical reading of Corlett’s original 2014 paper and by identifying further elements (i) luck and the nature of individual responsibility; and (ii) the nature of sports as public rather than merely private goods, that he would have to address for his latter 2018 position to hold true. |
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| Keywords: |
Concussions, ethics, responsibility, public goods, football |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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1 |
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10 |