Ethical Dilemmas Of Modern Olympics And Their Resolution

Modern Olympics is the result of industrial civilization,reflecting the cultural characteristics of industrial civilization,and is related to various cultural elements of the industrial society.With regards to the rise of modern Olympics,improvement of productive forces driven by technology provided the necessary material conditions,the Renaissance,Religious Reformation,and the Enlightenment Movement cleared the ideological obstacles,and the bourgeois educational reformation established the practical foundation.From the perspective of the development of modern Olympics, science and technology provided modern Olympics with tremendous driving forces,commerce offered sound economic support,and culture made the Olympic an important subject of cultural communication and production.It is obvious that the beginning and development of modern Olympics depended on the support of science and technology,economy, ideology and other social cultures,which contributed to the prosperity of modern Olympics.However,the powerful impacts of these elements bring Olympics into philosophical,moral,ethical and logical dilemmas, and make it an object of people's reflection and critique.On the whole,the ethical dilemma of modern Olympics mainly presents itself as follows:the tension between scientific reason and humanistic spirit,the conflict between moral ideals and utilitarian pursuit, and the contradiction between cultural autonomy cultural instrumentalization,etc.The tension between scientific reason and humanistic spirit is reflected in the following:Which should be the subject,technology or human being? Which should be first,performance or health? Can technology itself solve the problem of doping? The conflict between moral ideals and utilitarian pursuit is reflected in the following:Which is the most fundamental,Olympic objective or commercial objective? Which should take priority,the interest of businesses or the interest of others? What should be taken as the criteria for the hosting of the Olympics? Which is more important,honor or money?The contradiction between cultural independence and cultural instrumentalization is reflected in the following:Should Olympics reject or receive the support of politics? Should we adhere to a unitary or multiple value system of sport culture? And should we adhere to internationalism or nationalism?The sci-tech,economic,and cultural dilemma encountered by the Olympics,in a direct sense,constitute the damage to the Olympic spirit, and ultimately lead to the damage of human being,which,in essence,is the alienation of Olympics,which demonstrates itself in the alienation of power,alienation of_technology,alienation of notions and alienation of money.The alienation of Olympics distracts its development from its value cause.The causes of Olympic ethical dilemma are multifaceted and multileveled.Paradox in human culture value is the deep cultural cause. The powerful permeation of different forms of culture is the practical social cause.And the contradiction in competitive sports is the objective cause.The alienation of the Olympics results in a huge crisis in the development of the Olympics,but it also indicates tremendous opportunities for the development of it.The key to the transition from crisis to opportunities is to find the driving force,opportunity and direction for the breakthrough of Olympics.The resolution of Olympic ethical dilemma entails first the correct recognition of the ethical dilemma and alienation of Olympics.Secondly, we should guide the development of modern Olympics with new values—ecological sports values.And then we should have effective concrete measures.Along its development,Olympics carried with it people's remorse, uneasiness,anxiety,and misery.But with its advancement,it will carry with it people's confidence,perseverance,passion and expectations.The Olympics guided by the ecological sports values,in its future development,will unite people,lead the times,and summon the world.