PHILOSOPHY

Is skiing an individual activity that excludes others? What happens when, having freedom of choice, we encounter others who also […]

The recognition of our freedom when skiing implies the recognition of the freedom of other people on the slopes; that

Freedom and determinism are well-known philosophical problems. The determinist notion holds that the environment pre-determines us and that all our

We previously noted that, for existentialism, we are fundamentally free to choose our actions and create ourselves as skiers, constructing

When we ski, our freedom can exhilarate us just as much as it can unsettle us. It encourages us to

Can we freely dispose of ourselves and choose a behavior under certain circumstances? What does it mean to be free

Every skier knows the tension of the edge—that split second where balance meets gravity. Yet, a much deeper tension exists

The object of ethics is the moral good that corresponds to our actions as skiers as such; that is, the

To develop the ethics of enjoyment and pleasure in skiing from a philosophical perspective, we must distinguish between the sensory

Stoic virtue provides the foundational orientation for human flourishing. According to Stoic doctrine, we must prioritize arête (excellence or virtue)