倫理學是研究道德的學問，體育倫理是倫理學的一個分支學科，它是體育活動參加者共同遵循的行為規範，是調和與約制人們在體育活動相互關係的准則。體育倫理的推展有助於體育參與者正確的規範自身行為、有效評價體育道德、改造運動風氣、增進社會文明、弘揚國際友誼等重要意義。體育倫理從基本面而言，可分為兩個重要的問題，就是人與事的課題。人則包含教師倫理、裁判倫理、觀眾倫理等；事則包含偏差行為、暴力、國家認同、運動權利、運動與性別等。為便於探討本文茲分為業餘精神、運動員精神、運動道德、競爭與合作、運動與性別及偏差行為論述如後，從中探尋體育倫理發展的脈絡，以建立體育的倫理體系。

　　　　　Ethics is the science that studies morality; the ethic of physical education is a branch of the discipline of ethics. It is the norm of conduct followed by all the participants in physical education activities, and the code for harmonizing and conditioning the mutual relationship of people engaged is physical education activities. The promotion of physical education ethic is significant in helping participants in physical education activities regulate their own conduct, assessing physical education activities effectively, reforming the ethos of sports, advancing the civilization of society, and developing international friendship. Essentially speaking, the ethic of physical education can be broken down into two issues: the issue of persons and that of affairs. The issue of persons covers the ethic for teachers, for umpires, for spectators; while the issue of affairs involves deviant behavior, violence, self-identification with one's own country, athletic rights, sports and sexual identity. To facilitate enquiry into the issues, this article expounds hereinbelow the spirit of amateurism, sportsmanship, sports morality, competition and cooperation, sports and sexual identity, as well as deviant behavior, in search of the thread of development of physical education ethic, to establish a system of physical education ethic.