- Docente: Elisabetta Lalumera
- Credits: 5
- SSD: M-FIL/05
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Blended Learning
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Wellness, Sport and Health (cod. 5813)
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from Mar 10, 2025 to May 19, 2025
Learning outcomes
After completing this course, the student will be able to - recognise and analyse different philosophical approaches to well-being, wellness and health - address the main questions of the philosophy of sport, such as what is a sport and what it is not, as well as ethical issues such as honesty, human enhancement and doping, the possibility of dangerous and violent sports, gender inclusivity, and commercialisation - elaborate critically on and apply the above skills to sport and wellness management
Course contents
The aim of this philosophy course is to train students to reflect on and critically discuss some key concepts of their future career fields, sport and wellness.
These concepts can be defined in different ways both in research and in professional life, and from these differences follow different choices at the level of action, planning and evaluation.
In particular, the course focuses on 6 topics:
Games and sports
Sport ethics
Fair advantage and doping
Sport, market and commercialization
Sport and disability
Gender issues and inclusion
The course is introductory and no previous knowledge of philosophy or related subjects is required.
Readings/Bibliography
Mumford, Stephen. A philosopher looks at sport. Cambridge University Press, 2021. You can read or download it for free if you use the Unibo proxy service
Reid, H. (2012). Introduction to the Philosophy of Sport. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Uploaded on Virtuale during the course.
Selected chapters of McNamee, M., & Morgan, W. J. (Eds.). (2015). Routledge handbook of the philosophy of sport. Routledge. Uploaded on Virtuale.
Selected chapters of Torres, C. R. (Ed.). (2014). The Bloomsbury companion to the philosophy of sport. A&C Black (on Virtuale)
Teaching methods
Traditional classes, open discussions
Assessment methods
Written test with open questions.
Teaching tools
Ppt and pdf files, videos, external links
Office hours
See the website of Elisabetta Lalumera
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.