Genetic Technology and Sport: Ethical Questions

by Tamburrini, Claudio Marcello; Tannsjo, Torbjorn

• ISBN13: 9780203481646
• ISBN10: 020348164X
• Copyright: 2005-11-03
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Exploring a new territory in sport and ethics, leading authorities from the world of academia and sports administration represent voices from all sides of the 'gene doping' controversy and provide captivating discussions of key areas.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	p. ix
Series editors' preface	p. xiii
Introduction: the life sciences and the ethos of sport	p. 1
The state of the art	p. 11
The international anti-doping policy and its implementation	p. 13
The basics of gene doping	p. 19
Genetic enhancement of athletic performance	p. 32
Gene doping: the shape of things to come	p. 42
The genetic enhancement of athletes	p. 55
Genetic engineering and elitism in sport	p. 57
What's wrong with admiring athletes and other people?	p. 70
Educational or genetic blueprints, what's the difference?	p. 82
Sport and genetics: moral and educational considerations regarding 'athletic predestination'	p. 91
Genetic testing of athletes	p. 105
Ethical aspects of controlling genetic doping	p. 107
Nutrigenomics, individualism and sports	p. 126
Compulsory genetic testing for APOE Epsilon 4 and boxing	p. 136
Genetic technology and the ethos of sport	p. 147
Citius, altius, fortius ad absurdum: biology, performance and sportsmanship in the twenty-first century	p. 149
The vulnerability thesis and use of bio-medical technology in sport	p. 158
Sport, gene doping and ethics	p. 165
Gender equality and gene technology in sport	p. 179
The genetic design of a new Amazon	p. 181
Resisting the emergence of Bio-Amazons	p. 199
Bio-Amazons - a comment	p. 205
What is gender equality in sports?	p. 209
Index	p. 219
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