Philosophy on steroids: Why the anti-doping position could use a little enhancement

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 29 (4):213-234 (2008)
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Abstract

There is currently much concern over the use of pharmaceuticals and other biomedical techniques to enhance athletic performance—a practice we might refer to as doping. Many justifications of anti-doping efforts claim that doping involves a serious moral transgression. In this article, I review a number of arguments in support of that claim, but show that they are not conclusive, suggesting that we do not have good reasons for thinking that doping is wrong.

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Brent Kious
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