ABSTRACT
The World Anti-Doping Code, the document regulating the fight against doping on a global level, recently underwent extensive review, and the third version will enter into force in 2015 (WADA 2015). One of the most important amendments was to make anti-doping education mandatory for its stakeholders, with an emphasis on values-based education. This was based on recent evidence suggesting that moral reasoning and related values in sport may have a protective effect against doping use (Melzer et al. 2010). Indeed, several studies in the psychology of doping use have emphasized the role of sport values (Smith and Stewart 2010; Mazanov and Huybers Chapter 10, this volume; Mazanov et al. 2012). This chapter is written from a philosopher’s point of view and, as such, examines the very premises of the arguments about the role of values in sport and doping prevention. By taking one step back, the present chapter looks at concepts, and considers questions such as which sport and which values? With these questions in mind, the chapter will discuss the nature and origin of today’s sport, as well as the values that surround it, aiming to provide a basis for the moral reasoning that guides relevant research in the psychological study of doping use.
