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    Solidarity and Public Health
    with Donald B. Thompson
    Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 25 (3): 371-382. 2022.
    We argue that an unqualified use of the term solidarity in public health is not only equivocal but problematic toward the ends of public health. The term may be deployed normatively by public health advocates to strengthen the bonds among public health practitioners and refer to an ideal society in which the importance of interdependence among members ought to be acknowledged throughout the polity. We propose an important distinction between partisan solidarity and societal solidarity. Because a…Read more
  •  27
    In this article, I investigate whether states should regulate energy-drink marketing practices targeting gamers. Energy drinks are high-sugar, high-caffeine, non-alcoholic beverages that allegedly improve energy, stamina, cognitive performance, and concentration. First, I define what “gamer” means and identify the market agents that play a crucial role in the gaming community, including the energy-drink industry. In doing so, I analyze energy-drink marketing practices and explore calls for regul…Read more
  •  3
    La oposición entre la razón instrumental y la lúdica en la propuesta utópica de Bernard Suits
    with Xavier Gimeno Monfort
    Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación E Información Filosófica 75 (287): 1571-1585. 2020.
    En este texto analizamos el estudio que Bernard Suits hace del uso instrumental de la razón en The Grasshopper a través de su utopía. Para ello, analizamos el papel que juega la razón instrumental en la teoría del juego y en la utopía de Suits. Luego, comparamos el uso instrumental de la razón con lo que denominamos «actitud lúdica». Esta última encarna la racionalidad lúdica que los jugadores han de adoptar para jugar al juego y vivir en el mundo utópico de Suits. Para concluir, defendemos que …Read more
  •  3
    Neuroética y deporte. ¿Una difícil relación?
    Contrastes: Revista Internacional de Filosofía 18 (1). 2013.
    RESUMENEste trabajo analizará cuáles son las posibles consecuencias que los descubrimientos de la neurociencia pueden tener sobre la reflexión ética en torno al deporte. Siguiendo los trabajos en neuroética de Jonathan Haidt y Joshua Greene, parece ser que nuestro comportamiento moral está basado en una serie de mecanismos automáticos neuronales de carácter emotivo que acontecen en nuestros cerebros. Estos mecanismos podrían ser útiles a la hora de explicar el comportamiento de los hinchas depor…Read more
  •  23
    Testing for Athlete Citizenship: Regulating Doping and Sex in Sport
    with T. Rachel Park, Emmanuel Macedo, and Brett A. Diaz
    Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 16 (1): 153-157. 2021.
    In Testing for Athlete Citizenship: Regulating Doping and Sex in Sport, Kathryn E. Henne provides ‘a genealogical account of anti-doping regulation by questioning the meanings we take from sport’ (...
  •  22
    Ethical and Legal Implications of Third-Party Incentives to Win Matches in European Football
    with José Luis Pérez Triviño and Michael John McNamee
    Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 16 (1): 66-80. 2021.
    In this paper, we examine the legal case involving the Court of Arbitration of Sport, the Union of European Football Associations, and the Turkish team Eskişehirspor to analyze the leg...
  •  96
    Beyond Physiology: Embodied Experience, Embodied Advantage, and the Inclusion of Transgender Athletes in Competitive Sport
    with Cesar R. Torres and María José Martínez Patiño
    Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 16 (1): 33-49. 2020.
    In this article, we scrutinize views that justify exclusionary policies regarding transgender athletes based primarily on physiological criteria. We introduce and examine some elements that deserve...
  • Philosophy of Sport
    The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition). 2020.
    While sport has been practised since pre-historic times, it is a relatively new subject of systematic philosophical enquiry. Indeed, the philosophy of sport as an academic sub-field dates back only to the 1970s. Yet, in this short time, it has grown into a vibrant area of philosophical research that promises both to deepen our understanding of sport and to inform sports practice. Recent controversies at the elite and professional level have highlighted the ethical dimensions of sport in particul…Read more
  •  8
    Metodología para una hermenéutica del deporte
    with Xavier Gimeno Monfort
    Cuadernos Salmantinos de Filosofía 43 237-260. 2016.
    En este artículo, la filosofía analítico-lingüística es identificada como la metodología predominante en la filosofía del deporte. Según esta propuesta metodológica, la búsqueda de la definición del deporte es la meta principal de la filosofía. La hermenéutica del deporte es opuesta a la de tipo analítico-lingüístico. Analizando el concepto de verdad de Heidegger, se comparan dos concepciones de la tarea de la filosofía: ontología y descrip-ción. La tarea de la hermenéutica del deporte tiene que…Read more
  •  18
    En este artículo analizaremos el impacto que el libro de Alasdair MacIntyre Tras la virtud ha tenido en el ámbito de la filosofía del deporte. Nuestro punto de partida será que los filósofos del deporte han diferenciado entre propuestas internalistas y externa-listas del deporte siguiendo la distinción de MacIntyre entre bienes internos y externos a las prácticas sociales. Con el fin de mostrar si esta apropiación del lenguaje de MacIntyre es adecuada, responderemos a la pregunta de si el deport…Read more
  •  7
    The ethics of the special ranking for pregnancy in tennis
    with Cesar R. Torres
    Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 47 (1): 121-141. 2019.
    ABSTRACTIn this paper, we provide a normative analysis of the Women’s Tennis Association revised policy on maternity leave, which is regulated by its special ranking rule. To do so, we first explore how the revised policy functions when probed in relation to the nature of competitive sport. Then, we examine the revised policy through the lens of the literature on maternity discrimination. We argue that, when compared to its previous formulation, the revised special ranking rule is morally defens…Read more
  •  33
    The Psycho-Biological Bases of Sports Supporters' Behaviour: The Virtuous Supporter
    Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 6 (4): 423-438. 2012.
    Given current studies in moral psychology and following recent cases of wrong behaviour occurred in elite sporting events ? e.g. the racist chants scandals in the English Premier League or the events following Mourinho's poke in the eye scandal ? I shall analyse the extent to which supporters' brain make-up is determining them to behave in an ?unfair way?. Yet this paper is not just a work on descriptive ethics, but a normative ethics work. Therefore, once I have developed the ?psycho-biological…Read more
  •  5
    Aclaraciones sobre la mejora humana
    Daimon: Revista Internacional de Filosofía 62. 2014.
  •  22
    The Ethics of Cloning Horses in Polo
    with Cesar R. Torres
    International Journal of Applied Philosophy 33 (1): 125-139. 2019.
    The ethics of using genetic engineering to enhance athletic performance has been a recurring topic in the sport philosophy and bioethics literature. In this article, we analyze the ethics of cloning horses for polo competition. In doing so, we critically examine the arguments most commonly advanced to justify this practice. In the process, we raise concerns about cloning horses for polo competition, centering on normative aspects pertaining to sport ethics usually neglected by defenders of cloni…Read more
  •  16
    Uno de los debates más recientes referentes a la innovación tecnológica entre los especialistas en ética es aquel sobre la mejora humana, el cual ha surgido a raíz de la posibilidad de modificar los límites de la naturaleza humana usando el poder de la ciencia. Muchos filósofos nos han avisado del peligro de modificar técnicamente nuestra naturaleza humana. Otros, por contra, defienden que no existe diferencia moral relevante alguna entre las nuevas técnicas biomédicas de mejora y las tecnología…Read more
  •  7
    Habermas, identidad moderna y mejora humana. ¿El camino a seguir?
    Recerca.Revista de Pensament I Anàlisi 15 131-151. 2014.
    La finalidad de este artículo es triple. Primero, las secciones 1 y 2 expondrán la estructura del argumento de Jürgen Habermas respecto a las tecnologías de mejora humana. Para ello, éste será descompuesto en tres partes, que son sus pilares básicos: a) los sujetos diseñados no pueden auto-concebirse a sí mismos como autores únicos de sus vidas; b) la distinción kantiana entre objetos y personas se desvanece como consecuencia del modo en que los sujetos modificados experiencian su cuerpo; c) la …Read more
  •  25
    The Ethics of Cloning Horses in Polo
    with Cesar R. Torres
    International Journal of Applied Philosophy 33 (1): 125-139. 2019.
    The ethics of using genetic engineering to enhance athletic performance has been a recurring topic in the sport philosophy and bioethics literature. In this article, we analyze the ethics of cloning horses for polo competition. In doing so, we critically examine the arguments most commonly advanced to justify this practice. In the process, we raise concerns about cloning horses for polo competition, centering on normative aspects pertaining to sport ethics usually neglected by defenders of cloni…Read more
  •  16
    A critique of mutualism’s combination of the Aristotelian and Kantian traditions
    Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 45 (2): 161-176. 2018.
    ABSTRACTIn this article, I will identify two key normative principles at the core of Robert L. Simon’s mutualist theory of sport, namely, the respect-for-the-opponent principle and the idea that sport is a practice aimed at pursuing excellence. The former is a Kantian principle grounded in human beings’ rationality, and the latter is an Aristotelian principle related to the development of excellences as a means to human flourishing. After having presented and analyzed both principles, I will cri…Read more
  •  29
    In this article, I revise the normative account of sport that I proposed in ‘William J. Morgan’s “conventionalist internalism” approach. Furthering internalism? A critical hermeneutical response.’ I first present Habermas’ discursive ethics, placing emphasis on his interpretation of the relationship between moral (Kantian) and ethical (Hegelian/hermeneutical) principles. Then, I provide a reformulation of my account by both drawing on Habermas and going beyond him—as I go beyond Habermas, I will…Read more
  •  14
    The Challenges of Modern Sport to Ethics. From Doping to Cyborgs
    Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 41 (3): 413-417. 2014.
  •  19
    Defining Sport: Conceptions and Borderlines (edited book)
    with Shawn E. Klein, Chad Carlson, Kevin Schieman, Heather L. Reid, John McClelland, Keith Strudler, Pam R. Sailors, Sarah Teetzel, Charlene Weaving, Chrysostomos Giannoulakis, Lindsay Pursglove, Brian Glenney, Teresa González Aja, Joan Grassbaugh Forry, Brody J. Ruihley, Andrew Billings, Coral Rae, and Joey Gawrysiak
    Lexington Books. 2016.
    This book examines influential conceptions of sport and then analyses the interplay of challenging borderline cases with the standard definitions of sport. It is meant to inspire more thought and debate on just what sport is, how it relates to other activities and human endeavors, and what we can learn about ourselves by studying sport.
  •  6
    Una crítica a la modernidad a partir de la “inutilidad” del juego. El imperativo metanoético de Sloterdijk y lo lúdico
    with Xavier Gimeno Monfort
    Recerca.Revista de Pensament I Anàlisi 23 219-238. 2018.
    En este artículo se analiza el concepto de imperativo metanoético que Peter Sloterdijk presenta en ¡Has de cambiar tu vida! Nuestro objetivo es iluminar la naturaleza de lo que, en trabajos anteriores, hemos denominado -a raíz de la obra de Bernard Suits-: razón lúdica. Para ello, primero, expondremos y analizaremos el sentido del imperativo metanoético en Sloterdijk, así como los elementos principales de su razón ascética. Segundo, mostraremos cómo ambos son consecuencia del análisis ontológico…Read more