Episode 4, Sports and Moral Philosopher, Alfred Archer, on Sportswashing

In an age of sports journalism where ESPN canceled Bob Ley’s Outside the Lines and HBO/Warner Discovery canceled Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, and the recent New York Post report by Ryan Glasspiegel that Around the Horn will be canceled before the 2025 football season, sports journalism has been marginalized. In response, John Camacho and Zack Hamilton created The Moral Questions of Sports to address the intersection of sport, business, legal, and moral issues.

One of these controversial sports topics is Sportswashing.

To address it, we discuss his paper, “Sportswashing: Complicity and Corruption.” He is also the author of the book, Why It’s Okay to be a Sports Fan.

Alfred is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at The Tilburg Center Moral Philosophy, Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (TiLPS), Tilburg University. His main research interests are in moral philosophy, moral psychology and social philosophy. He is especially interested in the role that admiration plays in our lives, particularly in relation to morality, culture and politics. He also has active research interests in applied ethics (especially the ethics of fame and celebrity) and the philosophy of sport.

Visit Alfred’s website, https://alfredarcher.weebly.com

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