Cheerleading Case Study

The first question in this chapter has to deal with whether Callie Smartt should be able to cheer on the cheerleading team or not. Due to her disability, she automatically made the team without trying out. The second question has to deal with whether Casey Martin was allowed to use the golf cart. The tournament did not let the golfers drive golf carts, but Casey had a disability, so he fought for his position of needing the golf cart for his health. The purpose of cheerleading is to cheer for the team, celebrate their job well done, and to get the fans excited. Despite Callie’s disability, that is exactly what she was doing. Just because she could not perform gymnastic stunts, she was still able to cheer for her team and get the fans excited
So, the best person gets the best thing in a certain area; the best football player gets to be captain, and the best actor gets the lead role. Aristotle states that the purpose of something is what we base justice off of. The purpose has to be fulfilled for justice to be present, otherwise known as teleological thinking. In these two cases, Callie is fulfilling the purpose of cheerleading by supporting her team, and Casey is fulfilling the purpose of golf by hitting the ball into the hole with as little strokes as possible. So, both of these people deserve those spots, even though they both have a disability that impairs them, unlike the others.
Aristotle also brings in the concept that people learn by doing. The more a person learns how to do something, the faster it becomes part of a person’s disposition. In other words, the more a person does something, the more it becomes a natural characteristic of that person. For instance, Aristotle says that a person develops a natural act of morality by consistently engaging in moral behavior. Both Callie and Casey have been doing their sport for a decent amount of time, so they have become good at it. They know everything they need to know about their sport, so they have earned their