An Argument against Athletes as Political Role Models

Klein, Shawn E.

dc.contributor.author	Klein, Shawn E.
dc.date.accessioned	2021-12-20T15:05:22Z
dc.date.available	2021-12-20T15:05:22Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier	http://www.raco.cat/index.php/FairPlay/article/view/327607
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10230/49865
dc.description.abstract	A common refrain in and outside academia is that prominent sports figures ought to engage more in the public discourse about political issues. This idea parallels the idea that athletes ought to be role models in general. This paper first examines and critiques the “athlete as role model” argument and then applies this critique to the “athlete as political activist” argument. Appealing to the empirical political psychological literature, the paper sketches an argument that athlete activism might actually do more harm than good.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Universitat Pompeu Fabra
dc.relation.haspart	http://www.raco.cat/index.php/FairPlay/article/view/327607/418143
dc.source.uri	FairPlay, Revista de Filosofia, Ética y Derecho del Deporte; Núm. 10 (2017); 25-44
dc.source.uri	FairPlay, Revista de Filosofia, Ética y Derecho del Deporte; Núm. 10 (2017); 25-44
dc.source.uri	2014-9255
dc.subject.other	role model
dc.subject.other	athlete
dc.subject.other	activism
dc.subject.other	obligation
dc.subject.other	political psychology
dc.title	An Argument against Athletes as Political Role Models
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.date.modified	2019-11-20T12:49:17Z