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Title:

Genetic technology and sport : ethical questions / edited by Claudio M Tamburrini and Torbjörn Tännsjö.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xii, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Doping in sports.
Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical genetics--Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.
Sports--Philosophy.
Sports--ethics.
Doping in Sports--ethics.
Ethics, Medical.
Genetic Engineering--ethics.
Genetics, Medical--ethics.
Dopage dans les sports.
Manipulations génétiques--Aspect moral.
Génétique médicale--Aspect moral.
Éthique médicale.
Sports--Philosophie.

Other Authors:

Tamburrini, Claudio Marcello.
Tännsjö, Torbjörn, 1946-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The life sciences and the ethos of sport -- PART I: THE STATE OF THE ART: The international anti-doping policy and its implementation / Arne Ljungqvist -- The basics of gene doping / Peter Schjerling -- Genetic enhancement of athletic performance / Angela J. Schneider -- Gene doping: the shape of things to come / Andy Miah -- PART II: THE GENETIC ENHANCEMENT OF ATHLETES: Genetic engineering and elitism in sport / Torbjorn Tannsjo -- What's wrong with admiring athletes and other people? / Ingmar Persson -- Educational or genetic blueprints, what's the difference? / Claudio Tamburrini -- Sport and genetics: moral and educational considerations regarding 'athletic predestination' / Ivo van Hilvoorde -- PART III: GENETIC TESTING OF ATHLETES: Ethical aspects of controlling genetic doping / Christian Munthe -- Nutrigenomics, individualism and sports / Ruth Chadwick -- Compulsory genetic testing for APOE Epsilon 4 and boxing / Julian Savulescu -- PART IV: GENETIC TECHNOLOGY AND THE ETHOS OF SPORT: Citius, altius, ad absurdum: biology, performance and sportsmanship in the Twenty-First Century / Lincoln Allison -- The vulnerability thesis and use of bio-medical technology in sport / Sigmund Loland -- Sport, gene doping, and ethics / Gunnar Breivik -- PART V: GENDER EQUALITY AND GENE TECHNOLOGY IN SPORT: The genetic design of a new Amazon / Claudio Tamburrini and Torbjorn Tannsjo -- Resisting the emergence of Bio-Amazons / Susan Sherwin and Meredith Schwartz -- Bio-Amazons: a comment / Ruth Chadwick and Sarah Wilson -- What is gender equality in sports? / Simona Giordano and John Harris.

Series:

Ethics and sport

ISBN:

9780203481646 (ebook)
020348164X (ebook)
9780415342377 (pbk.)
0415342376 (pbk.)
9780415342360
0415342368

LCCN:

2005005602

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)