Abstract

Social norms, whose observance shape the dimensions of ethics in sports, entail the interplay between freedom and conduct prescribed by law. Law, as part of the social norms, does not aim to describe the surrounding reality, but rather to impose or authorise certain behaviour. In a state governed by the rule of law, in an authentic democracy, freedom requires a certain degree of control, a level of anticipation,
guidelines and regulations. Understood from this perspective and embodied in certain patterns of conduct, freedom corresponds to the significance and content of the legal conscience (i.e. a form of social conscience). When social conscience ceases to exist, individuals are liable on all possible grounds under law. This in brief describes the
content of ethics in relation to freedom. Verf.-Referat