The Ethics of Sports Medicine

by Tamburrini; Claudio

• ISBN13: 9780415480512
• ISBN10: 0415480515
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The book aims to establish a critical dialogue between sports ethicists and bioethicists across the range of sporting disciplines at elite level.

Author Biography

Claudio M. Tamburrini is a senior researcher at the Centre for Healthcare Ethics in the Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University, Sweden. Torbjoumlet;rn Taumlet;nnsjoumlet; is a Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University, Sweden.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Transcending Human Limitations	p. vii
Doctoring Risk: Responding to Risk-taking in Athletes	p. 1
Doping Under Medical Control - Conceptually Possible but Impossible in the World of Professional Sports?	p. 17
Genetics, Bioethics and Sport	p. 28
Respecting Privacy in Detecting Illegitimate Enhancements in Athletes	p. 41
Genetic Enhancement, Sports and Relational	p. 53
Whose Prometheus? Transhumanism, Biotechnology and the Moral Topography of Sports Medicine	p. 63
'Human-ness;' Dehumanisation' and Performance Enhancement	p. 77
Is Enhancement in Sport Really Unfair? Arguments on the Concept of Competition and Equality of Opportunities	p. 100
What's Wrong with Genetic Inequality? The Impact of Genetic Technology on Elite Sports and Society	p. 111
Who's Afraid of Stella Walsh? On Gender,'Gene Cheaters', and the Promises of Cyborg Athletes	p. 121
Index	p. 145
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