Question

Create a course syllabus for a mandatory ethics course for parents who want their children to participate in sports. Include area headings similar to the syllabus for this course. Also discuss on the syllabus how a parent's license could be revoked.

Answer 1

Syllabus for a mandatory ethics course for parents who want their children to participate in sports.

PART 1: Introduction to ethical theory

This section introduces parents to major philosophical approaches to ethics.

PART 2: Role of Parents / Guardian in controlling their child's behavior towards sports.

This section introduces parents to different role played by them like emotional intelligence, anger management, coordinating with others.

PART 3: Political and social dimensions of professional sports.

This section introduces parents to sociology of sports, and asks whether the way sports are played and consumed in society offers a useful information about our guiding political and cultural assumptions.

SUGGESTED READINGS:

1-William Morgan: Ethics in sports

2-William Morgan: Sports in the larger scheme of things.

How a parent's license could be revoked?

Condition for revocation of license :

1. If the parents have not completed the prescribed course on ethics.

2. If the child is found using alcoholic beverages, fireworks, illegal substances, weapons and the like.

3. If the child or the parent is found not complying to the rules mentioned in the license.

4. Misuse of License can also lead to termination of license.