<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In Ancient Greece, the figure of the hero was identified as a demigod, possessed of altruistic and virtuous deeds. When Pierre de Coubertin reinstated the Olympic Games, the athlete was personified as a modern hero. Its antithesis, the anti-hero, has more virtue that defects, no evil but he does not care on the means to achieve his goals. In the eyes of everyone involved in sports competition, these characters captivate and at the same time, create conflicts of ethics and aesthetics. The purpose of this paper is to perform an ethical reflection linked to principles that contribute for the human growth and accomplishment, as well as the aesthetic on the perception of the sensitive, reverberated by sensations and feelings emerging from athletes. Connecting the ethic with the aesthetic spheres, we could have in the sports a phenomenon walking toward a common point between moral and aesthetic, between the good and the beauty.</p></abstract>

In Ancient Greece, the figure of the hero was identified as a demigod, possessed of altruistic and virtuous deeds. When Pierre de Coubertin reinstated the Olympic Games, the athlete was personified as a modern hero. Its antithesis, the anti-hero, has more virtue that defects, no evil but he does not care on the means to achieve his goals. In the eyes of everyone involved in sports competition, these characters captivate and at the same time, create conflicts of ethics and aesthetics. The purpose of this paper is to perform an ethical reflection linked to principles that contribute for the human growth and accomplishment, as well as the aesthetic on the perception of the sensitive, reverberated by sensations and feelings emerging from athletes. Connecting the ethic with the aesthetic spheres, we could have in the sports a phenomenon walking toward a common point between moral and aesthetic, between the good and the beauty.

Hero and Antihero: An Ethic and Aesthetic Reflection of the Sports

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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In Ancient Greece, the figure of the hero was identified as a demigod, possessed of altruistic and virtuous deeds. When Pierre de Coubertin reinstated the...

Hero and Antihero: An Ethic and Aesthetic Reflection of the Sports

Published Online: Feb 23, 2019

Page range: 48 - 56

Received: Aug 25, 2018

Accepted: Feb 04, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2018-0025

Keywords
ethic, aesthetic, athlete, hero, antihero

© 2018 Carlos Rey Perez, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Hero and Antihero: An Ethic and Aesthetic Reflection of the Sports

Published Online: Feb 23, 2019

Page range: 48 - 56

Received: Aug 25, 2018

Accepted: Feb 04, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2018-0025

Keywordsethic, aesthetic, athlete, hero, antihero

© 2018 Carlos Rey Perez, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
ethic, aesthetic, athlete, hero, antihero