Genetic Technology and Sport (eBook, PDF)

Ethical Questions
Redaktion: Tamburrini, Claudio; Tännsjö, Torbjörn

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Will the genetic design of athletes destroy sport a ) or will it lead to a new and extraordinary age of athletic achievement? Exploring a new territory in sport and ethics, this edited collection contains some of the best new writing that has emerged from the debates concerning the uses of genetic technologies to improve sport performance. Issues covered include: * gene technology and sports ethics
* genetic testing in sports
* gene technology and the sporting ethos
* gene technology and gender equality in sport. This cutting-edge text is the first on the subject to analyze gender specific questions that arise from genetically modified sport and is likely to provoke further debate in the world of sport and bio-ethics. Contributors include Lincoln Allison, Ruth Chadwick, Arne Ljungqvist, Andy Miah, Christian Munthe, Bengt Saltin, Angela Schnieder and many more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134293414
• Artikelnr.: 42982403

Autorenporträt

Tamburrini, Claudio; Tännsjö, Torbjörn

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. The State of the Art 1. The International Anti-Doping Policy and
its Implementation Arne Ljungqvist 2. The Basic of Gene Doping Peter
Schjerling 3. Genetic Enhancement of Athletic Performance Angela J.
Schneider 4. Gene Doping: The state of the things to comeAndy MiahPart 2.
Genetic Enhancement of Athletes 5. Genetic Engineering and Elitism in Sport
Torbjörn Tännsjö 6. What Is Wrong With Admiration of Athletes and Others?
Ingmar Persson 7. Educational or Genetic Blueprints: What's the difference?
Claudio M. Tamburrini 8. Sport and Genetics: Moral and educational
considerations on 'athletic predestination' Ivo van Hilvoorde Part 3.
Genetic Testing of Athletes 9. Ethical Aspects of Controlling Genetic
Doping Christian Munthe 10. Nutrigenomics, Individualism and Sports Ruth
Chadwick 11. Compulsory Genetic Testing for APOE Epsilon 4 and BoxingJulian
Savulescu Part 4. Genetic Technology and the Ethos of Sport12. Citius,
Altius, Fortius ad Absurdum: Biology, performance and sportsmanship in the
twenty-first centuryLincoln Allison 13. The Vulnerability Thesis and Use of
Bio-Medical Technology in Sport Sigmund Loland 14. Sport, Gene Doping and
Ethics Gunnar Breivik Part 5. Genetic Technology and Gender Equality 15.
The Genetic Design of a New AmazonClaudio Tamburrini and Torbjörn
Tännsjö16. Resisting the Emergence of Bio-Amazons Susan Sherwin and
Meredith Schwartz 17. Bio-Amazons:A comment Ruth Chadwick and Sarah Wilson
18. What is Gender Equality in Sports?Simona Giordano and John Harris