ABSTRACT This paper argues that striving is a cardinal virtue in sport and life. It is an overlooked virtue that is an important component of human happiness and a source of a sense of dignity. The human psychological capacity for striving emerged as a trait for addressing the entropic features of our existence, but it can be engaged and used for other purposes. Sport is one such example. Sport appears exceptional in being designed specifically to test and display our capacities to strive. Although striving is connected to pursuit of excellence in sport, it supports a more democratic conception of the value of sport than achievement-oriented perfectionist accounts.

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努力，熵和意义

摘要本文认为，奋斗是体育和生活的基本美德。这是一种被忽视的美德，是人类幸福的重要组成部分和尊严感的来源。人类努力奋斗的心理能力已成为解决我们存在的熵特征的特质，但它可以参与并用于其他目的。体育就是这样一个例子。体育在专门设计用来测试和展示我们的奋斗能力方面显得异常出色。尽管努力与追求卓越的体育运动息息相关，但与以成就为导向的完美主义者的说法相比，它支持更加民主的体育价值观念。