Genetic Technology and Sport: Ethical Questions
by Tamburrini, Claudio Marcello; Tannsjo, TorbjornPub. Date: 2005-11-03
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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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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