Andy Miah

Genetically Modified Athletes (eBook, ePUB)

Biomedical Ethics, Gene Doping and Sport

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book to examine the profound ethical issues raised by the use of genetic technologies in sports, asking whether sporting authorities can, or even should, protect sport from genetic modification.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134425983
• Artikelnr.: 38402375

Autorenporträt

Thomas H. Murray; Andy Miah

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The beginning of genetic-doping Section 1: Anti-Doping and
Performance Enhancement 2. A critical approach to anti-doping policy 3. Are
there any drugs that should be legal? Section 2: From Drugs to Genes:
Conceptual Links and Differences 4. The current state of play: likely
applications of genetic modification for sport 5. Avoiding genetic-doping
6. The gene story in sport - mapping the interests 7. An ethical foundation
fo GM-policy: bioethics and sports ethics Section 3: The Moral Status of
genetic Modification in Sport 8. Therapy and enhancement - which is more
alarming? 9. The case for genetic enhancement in sport: Cities, Altius,
Fortius 10. The case against genetic enhancement in sport: athletic virtues
and medical ethics Section 4: Re-defining ethical approaches to performance
enhancement in sport 11. A view from somewhere: sports ethics and fair play
12. Reinventing value in sport - all too (super) human Section 5: Human
Rights and Legal Implications 13. Pragmatic concerns: human rights for the
genetically modified 14. GM sport and the law 15. The end of anti-doping.