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Springer, Dordrecht
2013
315 Pages
ISBN 978-94-007-5100-2
Athleticenhancement, human nature and ethics
threats and opportunities of doping technologies
Edited by
Jan Tolleneer , Sigrid Sterckx , Pieter Bonte
The book provides an in-depth discussion on the human nature concept from different perspectives and from different disciplines, analyzing its use in the doping debate and researching its normative overtones. The relation between natural talent and enhanced abilities is scrutinized within a proper conceptual and theoretical framework: is doping to be seen as a factor of the athlete's dehumanization or is it a tool to fulfill his/her aspirations to go faster, higher and stronger? Which characteristics make sports such a peculiarsubject of ethical discussion and what are the, both intrinsic and extrinsic, moral dangers and opportunities involved in athletic enhancement? This volume combines fundamental philosophical anthropological reflection with applied ethics and socio-cultural and empirical approaches. Furthermore it presents guidelines to decision- and policy-makers on local, national and international levels.
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Tolleneer, J. , Sterckx, S. , Bonte, P. (eds) (2013). Athleticenhancement, human nature and ethics: threats and opportunities of doping technologies, Springer, Dordrecht.
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