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In other words, sport might b e understood comprehensively in present days
but a twofold statement, that is by means of the ontological argument of sport as
a being-in-it-self in natural circunstances and by the explanation of cultural
identity of sport.
Not surprisingly, Hans Lenk already in 1985 defined sport as a “cultural
phenomenon on a natural biological basis” and more recently Ommo Grupe pointed
out boldly: (3)
Sport as a cultural phenomenon reaches far beyond the traditional boundaries
of sport itself, it is the expression of a new understanding of culture.
These interchangeable definitions are otherwise apart from the conception of
sport as independent of things, in which the traditional view of universals is
applied, similarly to the theory of play as elaborated by Johan Huizinga and
others. (4) Actually, sport as an entity of nature pressuposes universals as existing
within particulars (universalis in re) while the cultural meaning of sport refers to
universals derived from particulars (universalia post res).
But this universality cannot be regard as a basis for principles of judgement if
the so called naturalistic fallacy is accepted as a philosophical criterion.
Significantly this fallacy reduces from natural characteristics a nonnatural
property. Nevertheless, distinguished philosophers such as Jürgen Habermas
(foundationist) and Richard Rorty (antifoundationist) have been rejecting the
naturalistic fallacy validity. (5) Thus, whether in universalist or in relativist points
of view, sport in nature expresses values and sport in culture represents facts. As
yet both interpretations are claiming universalizability although playing
independent roles, not mutually exclusives.
The ambivalence towards sports is furthermore similar to the ambivalence of
globalization whish corresponds to diverse claims of universality. Milton Santos
sees this controversy in the grounds of the universal dominance of man in
postmodernity, contrasting with separate and disperse damages to life everywhere
on Earth. (6) For Michel Serres, this self-degradation of society induced by
technology is mainly referred to a demand of natural contract instead of social
contract which formerly typified modernity (7) and also the Olympism proclaimed
by Coubertin.
SUSTAINABILITY AND ETHICS
At this point of reasoning on environment and sport, the current proposition of
sustainable development can illuminate the potential of natural contract. To
enhance a sustainable society is to arrange development and environmental
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