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Unit 3: Tactical Awareness, Ethics, Integrity and Physical Activity
Quick questions on Ethics and integrity in sport for QCE Physical Education Unit 3
11short Q&A pairs drawn directly from our worked dot-point answer. For full context and worked exam questions, read the parent dot-point page.
What is deontology (rule-based ethics)?Show answer
Right action is determined by adherence to rules, duties, or principles. A deontological view of sport says athletes must follow the rules and respect opponents regardless of consequences.
What is consequentialism (outcome-based ethics)?Show answer
Right action is determined by the consequences it produces. A consequentialist view considers outcomes - who is helped, who is harmed, what the result is.
What is virtue ethics?Show answer
Right action is what a person of good character would do. Focus on the athlete's integrity, courage, sportsmanship, humility rather than just on rules or outcomes.
What is justice and fairness?Show answer
Equal treatment, fair distribution of opportunities, recognition of disadvantage. Particularly relevant to gender equity, racial equity, and disability participation in sport.
What is drugs in sport?Show answer
The largest single ethical issue.
What is gender equity?Show answer
Ethical frameworks: justice (equal pay for equal contribution), consequentialism (broader social impact of representation), virtue (recognising the contributions of women in sport historically and now).
What is race and Indigenous participation?Show answer
Ethical frameworks: justice and virtue particularly important. The question is what fair treatment, recognition, and reconciliation look like in practice.
What is gambling?Show answer
Ethical frameworks: consequentialist (massive social harm from problem gambling), justice (vulnerable populations targeted), deontological (sport governance has a duty to prevent harm where it can).
What is technology?Show answer
Ethical frameworks: justice (access and cost), consequentialism (does the tech change what the sport is?), deontological (are there rules that should constrain tech?).
What is violence in sport?Show answer
Ethical frameworks: consequentialist (health harms), virtue (what kind of sport do we want to be), justice (protecting the vulnerable, including women and children affected by player behaviour off the field).
What is application?Show answer
Doping is wrong because it breaks the rules of fair competition, regardless of whether others are doping or whether the athlete personally benefits.